Bug 161065

Summary: Auto complete and spell check not working in Writer
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: luca39666
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG    
Severity: normal CC: stephane.guillou
Priority: medium    
Version: 7.6.6.3 release   
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)   
OS: Linux (All)   
URL: https://forum.manjaro.org/t/libreoffice-how-to-get-spellchecking-to-actually-work/102994
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Description luca39666 2024-05-14 00:15:29 UTC 
Description:
Auto complete was not working in Writer. I have enabled auto complete and collect words, but no words were collected when I typed. I set language to default language of my computer. one way can trigger auto complete -- I had to disable auto complete and collect words and type some words, before enabling auto complete and collect words again. but even I did this, the only words I input after I disabled these two options were collected. That means no words were collected after I checked these options again. I tried to install libreoffice-24.2.3.2 from source, the bug was still there.

Spell check is not working too. Incorrect words are not underlined.

Version libreoffice-still 7.6.6-4. 
OS 6.9.0-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon May 13 07:01:28 UTC 2024 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Steps to Reproduce:
1.ensure auto complete and collect words are enabled and language is set correctly
2.start typing in Writer
3.type previous words

Actual Results:
auto complete and Spell check are not working

Expected Results:
when I repeat old words, a tip should be shown to allowed the user to auto complete the word by hitting ENTER.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
libreoffice-still 7.6.6-4 was installed by package manager (pacman -S libreoffice-still)
Comment 1 luca39666 2024-05-14 09:02:22 UTC 
I installed Libreoffice Still on Linux Mint and auto complete worked normally. It seems it's a Manjaro-specific problem.
Comment 2 luca39666 2024-05-14 09:45:34 UTC 
installing hunspell-en_us fixed it
Comment 3 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2024-05-15 10:40:05 UTC 
Let's close as "not a bug" then.
Seems you're not the only one: https://forum.manjaro.org/t/libreoffice-how-to-get-spellchecking-to-actually-work/102994