Bug 158235 - Spell check not working in LibreOffice Writer
Summary: Spell check not working in LibreOffice Writer
Status: NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.4.7.2 release
Hardware: All Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2023-11-16 02:32 UTC by bnp2012
Modified: 2023-11-22 17:01 UTC (History)
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Description bnp2012 2023-11-16 02:32:16 UTC
Description:
When entering text into this version of Writer the spell check does not pick up mistakes, including deliberately entered misspelling

Steps to Reproduce:
1.enter text with a deliberate mistake
2.click spell check
3.Alternately, highlight the word click spell check Spellcheck box shows no text


Actual Results:
The spell check box was empty 

Expected Results:
the misspelled word to be highlighted and suggestions made


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
[Information automatically included from LibreOffice]
Locale: en-US
Module: TextDocument
[Information guessed from browser]
OS: Windows (All)
OS is 64bit: no
Comment 1 kdub 2023-11-22 13:24:26 UTC
Hey bnp2012@gmx.com,

Thank you for reporting the bug. 

It looks like you are using an old version of LibreOffice. Could you try reproducing it with the latest version of LibreOffice? You can download the latest version from here: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/

I have set the bug's status to "NEEDINFO." If you confirm that the bug is still present in the latest version change it back to "UNCONFIRMED."

I used the word "Believe" misspelled as "Believve" and it seemed to be working fine in the following 2 version I tested it on:

Version: 6.4.7.2
Build ID: 639b8ac485750d5696d7590a72ef1b496725cfb5
CPU threads: 12; OS: Mac OS X 10.16; UI render: default; VCL: osx; 
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded

Version: 7.6.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 56f7684011345957bbf33a7ee678afaf4d2ba333
CPU threads: 12; OS: Mac OS X 13.5; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 2 Buovjaga 2023-11-22 17:01:12 UTC
bnp2012: just to check, did you have the text language set to the appropriate one?