Bug 135543 - Writer auto spellcheck works intermittently
Summary: Writer auto spellcheck works intermittently
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.3.6.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Spell-Checking
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Reported: 2020-08-07 19:43 UTC by Gary
Modified: 2023-06-07 03:13 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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2020-09-18 19:05 UTC, BogdanB
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Description Gary 2020-08-07 19:43:58 UTC
Description:
I have Auto Spellcheck on, but the squiggly underlines sometimes show up, sometimes do not.  Today when they did not show up, I opened another doc where they did show up.  Then went back to the original file and they were now showing up.  This intermittent showing of misspelled underlines has been going on since I started using Writer.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.misspell a word
2.
3.

Actual Results:
sometimes red squiggly line will show up, sometimes it will not display.

Expected Results:
red squiggly lines under misspelled words when Auto Spellcheck turned on.


Reproducible: Sometimes


User Profile Reset: No



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 Gary 2020-08-22 20:06:35 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 2 Gary 2020-09-15 18:34:43 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 BogdanB 2020-09-16 05:04:12 UTC
Hi, Gary, please provide an example.

For example what language do you use in your document.

Give us an example of wrong word.

Or attache here a document with some words where you find those problems, and the steps we need to folow in order to see the problem.
Comment 4 BogdanB 2020-09-18 19:04:53 UTC
From Gary:

"Thanks for explaining in plain english what you need.   As I explained before, this is an intermittent problem.  Auto. spell check works most of the time, but perhaps 10% of the time, it's not working.  The first document I opened today to give you an example, and "celiac" was underlined - even though it's not mis-spelled.  But I know that the built-in dictionary might be missing this word.  Anyway, I added a string of words a few lines below (which I highlighted  only to make it easy to find them), and none of them are underlining - even "celiac".  So this is a rare case where the underlining happens on some mis-spelled words, and doesn't happen on others.   See screenshot below."
Comment 5 BogdanB 2020-09-18 19:05:22 UTC
Created attachment 165671 [details]
screenshot
Comment 6 Telesto 2020-09-27 21:48:18 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 Buovjaga 2021-07-26 10:53:03 UTC
(In reply to Telesto from comment #6)
> Maybe related to bug 135543?

Typo, should be bug 136294
Comment 8 Telesto 2021-07-27 10:02:47 UTC Comment hidden (off-topic)
Comment 9 Loree Hardmon 2021-10-15 16:47:59 UTC
This bug is reproducible but I would like to know if other details  like does it correct the tense of  a word such there and their or right and write.
Comment 10 Loree Hardmon 2021-10-15 16:55:31 UTC
There are steps missing
1. open a document
2. start to type some words and misspell some on purposes
3. some words are underlined in red meaning the word is misspelled but some are not and the spell check is notnrecognizing the tense of the words used.

I used the write in a sentence when the word should have been right which is the correct tense but the spell sheck did notrecognize this.
Comment 11 Telesto 2021-10-17 08:47:17 UTC
(In reply to Loree Hardmon from comment #10)
> There are steps missing
> 1. open a document
> 2. start to type some words and misspell some on purposes
> 3. some words are underlined in red meaning the word is misspelled but some
> are not and the spell check is notnrecognizing the tense of the words used.
> 
> I used the write in a sentence when the word should have been right which is
> the correct tense but the spell sheck did notrecognize this.

Any change to give an extra "phrase" for step 2. With the addition of which would should be recognized as misspelled? [Or is it at random?]

Also are talking about English or some different language? Implicitly answered when giving a phrase
Comment 12 Xisco Faulí 2022-05-02 12:18:39 UTC
A new major release of LibreOffice is available since this bug was reported.
Could you please try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice
from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ ?
I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to
'UNCONFIRMED' if the bug is still present in the latest version.
Comment 13 Rajasekaran Karunanithi 2022-10-08 23:06:51 UTC
I opened a document in writer and tried some misspelled words and sentences when Automatic Spell checking was ON. It showed those red underlines every time I tried some misspelled words.

I tested in the latest LO 7.4.1.2 (x64) version with build :3c58a8f3a960df8bc8fd77b461821e42c061c5f0
Comment 14 Buovjaga 2022-10-10 05:42:03 UTC
(In reply to Rajasekaran Karunanithi from comment #13)
> I opened a document in writer and tried some misspelled words and sentences
> when Automatic Spell checking was ON. It showed those red underlines every
> time I tried some misspelled words.
> 
> I tested in the latest LO 7.4.1.2 (x64) version with build
> :3c58a8f3a960df8bc8fd77b461821e42c061c5f0

WORKSFORME is used usually when you can reproduce with an older version, but not with a newer one.
Comment 15 Tim Chambers 2022-11-07 03:37:02 UTC
I suspect this is the same issue.

When a fresh instance of LO is run, the spell checking works as expected in Writer.

If the document is left open and unattended for some time, the spell check underline stops working reliably. Right clicking a misspelled word still gives the spell check options so the spell check is functioning, just not highlighting.

As mentioned by the original reporter, this is intermittent and hard to reproduce. 

I am currently using version 7.3.6.2 in Linux (Pop!_OS 22.04)
Comment 16 QA Administrators 2023-05-07 03:16:42 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 17 QA Administrators 2023-06-07 03:13:11 UTC
Dear Gary,

Please read this message in its entirety before proceeding.

Your bug report is being closed as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to inactivity and
a lack of information which is needed in order to accurately
reproduce and confirm the problem. We encourage you to retest
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