[Solved] Add button in spell checker doesn't work
[Solved] Add button in spell checker doesn't work
Hello,
The Add (to dictionary) button in the spell checker dialog doesn't seem to work. Nothing happens when I click it. Anyone else who has this problem?
Longer explanation: When I press F7, the spelling dialog box opens. I want to add the the redmarked word (which has no correct suggestion) because it's a technical term I use often. I click the Add button ("Lägg till" in Swedish), but nothing happens.
I use the Swedish version on Windows XP.
Thanks in advance,
The Add (to dictionary) button in the spell checker dialog doesn't seem to work. Nothing happens when I click it. Anyone else who has this problem?
Longer explanation: When I press F7, the spelling dialog box opens. I want to add the the redmarked word (which has no correct suggestion) because it's a technical term I use often. I click the Add button ("Lägg till" in Swedish), but nothing happens.
I use the Swedish version on Windows XP.
Thanks in advance,
Last edited by Hagar Delest on Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: tagged [Solved].
Reason: tagged [Solved].
OpenOffice 3.1 on Windows XP
Re: Add button in spell checker doesn't work
I assume that you need to select a dictionary to which to add new vocabulary, normally it is "standard". Sure you can have you customized dictionary.
OpenOffice 3.1 on Windows Vista / XP SP3 EN
- Hagar Delest
- Moderator
- Posts: 32695
- Joined: Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:07 pm
- Location: France
Re: Add button in spell checker doesn't work
Have you tried to add it through the right click in the main text?
LibreOffice 24.2 on Xubuntu 24.04 and 7.6.4.1 portable on Windows 10
Re: Add button in spell checker doesn't work
Thank you for your answers.
Is it just me? I have Openoffice installed on both my laptop and my desktop, and I have the same problem on both machines.
I think the Add button should open a dialog for chosing which user dictionary to add the word to, but it doesn't. It seems dead...pingju wrote:I assume that you need to select a dictionary to which to add new vocabulary, normally it is "standard". Sure you can have you customized dictionary.
I don't see a menu choice for "Add word" in the right click menu, but there is a choice to open the same dialog window as F7, which puts me back to square one.Hagar de l'Est wrote:Have you tried to add it through the right click in the main text?
Is it just me? I have Openoffice installed on both my laptop and my desktop, and I have the same problem on both machines.
OpenOffice 3.1 on Windows XP
- Hagar Delest
- Moderator
- Posts: 32695
- Joined: Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:07 pm
- Location: France
Re: Add button in spell checker doesn't work
Don't you have that option?
reset your OOo user profile? but don't transfer your personal data during the welcome process (if you had 2.x before), configuration files from the former version might corrupt the new profile.
Have you tried to LibreOffice 24.2 on Xubuntu 24.04 and 7.6.4.1 portable on Windows 10
Re: Add button in spell checker doesn't work
Actually, strangely enough I don't. In your picture it's between "Ignore all" and "Autocorrect", but I don't have that. Hope this image comes through OK:
OpenOffice 3.1 on Windows XP
- Hagar Delest
- Moderator
- Posts: 32695
- Joined: Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:07 pm
- Location: France
Re: Add button in spell checker doesn't work
Have you tried to reset your user profile? Do you have a user-defined dictionary in Tools>Options>Language Settings>Writing Aids?
LibreOffice 24.2 on Xubuntu 24.04 and 7.6.4.1 portable on Windows 10
Re: Add button in spell checker doesn't work
Thanks Hagar for taking your time to answer!
Yes, but it didn't change anything.Hagar de l'Est wrote:Have you tried to reset your user profile?
OK, I have the Swedish version, but is this what you mean:Hagar de l'Est wrote:Do you have a user-defined dictionary in Tools>Options>Language Settings>Writing Aids?
OpenOffice 3.1 on Windows XP
Re: Add button in spell checker doesn't work
I wonder are the dictionaries in case in question set ReadOnly, and in consequence the system did not install the Add to dictionary entry? I suggest you create your own dictionary: /Tools /Options / Writing Aids / User Defined Dictionaries and press New. Then OK out and restart OpenOffice to give it every chance to find the New dictionary.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Re: Add button in spell checker doesn't work
I did this even before you suggested it, but to no avail. Just in case, I added another dictionary just now, but unfortunately that didn't help.RoryOF wrote:I wonder are the dictionaries in case in question set ReadOnly, and in consequence the system did not install the Add to dictionary entry? I suggest you create your own dictionary: /Tools /Options / Writing Aids / User Defined Dictionaries and press New. Then OK out and restart OpenOffice to give it every chance to find the New dictionary.
It all seems a bit strange. How difficult is it to switch to the English version of Openoffice? Perhaps this is some issue with the Swedish version.
OpenOffice 3.1 on Windows XP
Re: Add button in spell checker doesn't work
It is possible that some lines of code have been omitted in the Swedish version. The English version works well under XP, and I wouldn't think there will be any difficulty in installing it. If your English is as good as many Swedes, and from your postings it is, you wil not have any difficulty in using OpenOffice in English.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Re: Add button in spell checker doesn't work
Perhaps this has something to do with it after all. If I create a new user dictionary, the New and Edit buttons are greyed out in the "Edit user dictionary" dialog box (I'm guessing about the English title). It seems not possible to edit them.RoryOF wrote:I wonder are the dictionaries in case in question set ReadOnly,
Secondly, the user dictionary I created myself disappear from Options/.../writing aids/user dictionaries/ when I restart the computer. Closing and restarting Writer is OK, but if I restart Windows they disappear. I don't know what this means...
Edit: I have installed the 3.1.1 US eng version, but the problem remains. I found this in the help file:
I don't understand what this last part means really.Available Language Modules
Contains the installed language modules.
A language module can contain one, two or three submodules: Spellcheck, hyphenation and thesaurus. Each sub-module can be available in one or more languages. If you click in front of the name of the module, you activate all the available sub-modules simultaneously. If you remove a set mark, you deactivate all the available sub-modules simultaneously. If you wish to activate or deactivate individual sub-modules, click the Edit button to open the Edit Modules dialog.
The configuration allows for two different directories: one folder where the user has write permissions, and one without write permissions. The user can only edit and delete the user dictionaries that are located in the writable path. Other dictionaries can be read only.
OpenOffice 3.1 on Windows XP
Re: Add button in spell checker doesn't work
Hi,
have you checked the folder ...\user\wordbook?
Do you find there a file standard.dic?
Please, open the file Linguistic.xcu with a text editor.
(Path: ...\OpenOffice.org\3\user\registry\data\org\openoffice\Office\Linguistic.xcu).
Do you find standard.dic under "ActiveDictionaries"?
Sample →
Please, try to paste the attached standard.dic in your folder ...\user\wordbook.
(It contains the words: OpenOffice.org, Ägäis, Sverige, Öresund, Gothenburg, Malmö)
- Close OOo (+ quickstarter)
- Paste standard.dic in the folder wordbook
- Launch OOo and check (Options ... Writing Aids) whether standard.dic has the check mark
- Test the words OpenOffice.org, Ägäis, Sverige, Öresund, Gothenburg, Malmö
- Try to add a word to standard.dic ...
[default through OOo 3.2.1 / WBSWG6 format]
EDIT: [2010-08-22]
Please don't download the file above for OOo 3.3.0 and higher.
For OOo 3.3.0 and higher →
standard.dic in user-editable OOoUserDict1 format
[default from OOo 3.3.0 / OOoUserDict1 format]
[uploading *.dic isn't allowed - so I renamed it as *.zip.
Please, rename as *.dic]
HTH ...
have you checked the folder ...\user\wordbook?
Do you find there a file standard.dic?
Please, open the file Linguistic.xcu with a text editor.
(Path: ...\OpenOffice.org\3\user\registry\data\org\openoffice\Office\Linguistic.xcu).
Do you find standard.dic under "ActiveDictionaries"?
Sample →
Code: Select all
<node oor:name="DictionaryList">
<prop oor:name="ActiveDictionaries" oor:type="oor:string-list">
<value>blabla.dic intern.dic names.dic standard.dic test.dic IgnoreAllList</value>
</prop>
</node>
(It contains the words: OpenOffice.org, Ägäis, Sverige, Öresund, Gothenburg, Malmö)
- Close OOo (+ quickstarter)
- Paste standard.dic in the folder wordbook
- Launch OOo and check (Options ... Writing Aids) whether standard.dic has the check mark
- Test the words OpenOffice.org, Ägäis, Sverige, Öresund, Gothenburg, Malmö
- Try to add a word to standard.dic ...
[default through OOo 3.2.1 / WBSWG6 format]
EDIT: [2010-08-22]
Please don't download the file above for OOo 3.3.0 and higher.
For OOo 3.3.0 and higher →
standard.dic in user-editable OOoUserDict1 format
Code: Select all
OOoUserDict1
lang: <none>
type: positive
---
Gothenburg
Malmö
OOo
Sverige
Ägäis
Öresund
[uploading *.dic isn't allowed - so I renamed it as *.zip.
Please, rename as *.dic]
HTH ...
Last edited by franx on Sat Nov 13, 2010 1:13 am, edited 2 times in total.
LibreOffice 4.0.4 · WinXP
Re: Add button in spell checker doesn't work
You solved it, Franx! I followed your steps and here are the results:
Any idea why this happened? I installed Oo on two different computers just a few weeks ago, an older desktop and a brand new laptop, and both installs had exactly the same problem.
I have a project to digitize an old technical paper which only exists as a stencil, and at the same time wanted to give Oo a chance and see if I could learn how to use it. I got stuck already on the first sentences you might say. But the help here in the forum was really great, fast and to the point. Thanks to everyone that contributed.
Edit: phrasing
No, the folder ...\user\wordbook is empty.franx wrote:Hi,
have you checked the folder ...\user\wordbook?
Do you find there a file standard.dic?
No, there is not even a node entry "DictionaryList" in the linguistic.xcu.franx wrote: Please, open the file Linguistic.xcu with a text editor.
(Path: ...\OpenOffice.org\3\user\registry\data\org\openoffice\Office\Linguistic.xcu).
Do you find standard.dic under "ActiveDictionaries"?
Sample →Code: Select all
<node oor:name="DictionaryList"> <prop oor:name="ActiveDictionaries" oor:type="oor:string-list"> <value>blabla.dic intern.dic names.dic standard.dic test.dic IgnoreAllList</value> </prop> </node>
It works! Spelling works as it should, and I can now add to and edit user dictionaries.franx wrote: Please, try to paste the attached standard.dic in your folder ...\user\wordbook.
(It contains the words: OpenOffice.org, Ägäis, Sverige, Öresund, Gothenburg, Malmö)
- Close OOo (+ quickstarter)
- Paste standard.dic in the folder wordbook
- Launch OOo and check (Options ... Writing Aids) whether standard.dic has the check mark
- Test the words OpenOffice.org, Ägäis, Sverige, Öresund, Gothenburg, Malmö
- Try to add a word to standard.dic ...
Any idea why this happened? I installed Oo on two different computers just a few weeks ago, an older desktop and a brand new laptop, and both installs had exactly the same problem.
I have a project to digitize an old technical paper which only exists as a stencil, and at the same time wanted to give Oo a chance and see if I could learn how to use it. I got stuck already on the first sentences you might say. But the help here in the forum was really great, fast and to the point. Thanks to everyone that contributed.
Edit: phrasing
OpenOffice 3.1 on Windows XP
- Hagar Delest
- Moderator
- Posts: 32695
- Joined: Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:07 pm
- Location: France
Re: [Solved] Add button in spell checker doesn't work
Strange
First time I see that. Have you downloaded the installer from the official OOo web site?
First time I see that. Have you downloaded the installer from the official OOo web site?
LibreOffice 24.2 on Xubuntu 24.04 and 7.6.4.1 portable on Windows 10
Re: [Solved] Add button in spell checker doesn't work
It's really strange ... and it's a silly workaround ...
I know about two other users who had also mentioned a similar issue (maybe the same?).
But I don't have any further idea: What could be the cause of this effect ...
@ostenh:
You might download the Swedish language pack for help, user interface etc. in Swedish language.
Direct download link: OOo_3.1.1rc2_20090820_Win32Intel_langpack_sv.exe
I know about two other users who had also mentioned a similar issue (maybe the same?).
But I don't have any further idea: What could be the cause of this effect ...
@ostenh:
You might download the Swedish language pack for help, user interface etc. in Swedish language.
Direct download link: OOo_3.1.1rc2_20090820_Win32Intel_langpack_sv.exe
LibreOffice 4.0.4 · WinXP
Re: [Solved] Add button in spell checker doesn't work
Yes, absolutely.Hagar de l'Est wrote:Strange
First time I see that. Have you downloaded the installer from the official OOo web site?
No, I'm going to use the English version from now on. This makes problem-solving like this much easier, and also if you want to search for help etc. I just installed US English version 3.1.1 over my old Swedish 3.1.0 without problems. Spelling still works great.franx wrote:@ostenh:
You might download the Swedish language pack for help, user interface etc. in Swedish language.
Direct download link: OOo_3.1.1rc2_20090820_Win32Intel_langpack_sv.exe
OpenOffice 3.1 on Windows XP
Re: [Solved] Add button in spell checker doesn't work
Thank franx! that was I needed!
OpenOffice 3.2 on Windows XP