Description: ENHANCEMENT: Make adding/removing item to user-defined more accessible Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Writer 2. Set dictionary to German or Dutch (or some other non-english language) 3. Type or copy/paste: Amitriptyline 4. Assuming the Automatic Spell Checking feature being active 5. Word will be underlined.. right click context menu: Add to Dictionary 6. Next realize: well I want to remove it.. 7. This apparently done in: Tools -> Options -> Language settings -> Writing Aids Actual Results: Adding something to a custom-dictionary being extremely easy. However managing being 'hard' in the sense of, it's buried deeply in Options dialog And well, I don't see custom dictionary being an pro-typical option setting.. And if this would be the proper design, why do we have 'Tools -> Auto-correct -> Auto-correct options. It could in theory also be in Tools -> Options -> Language settings -> Writing aids. Expected Results: I have tendency to group spelling in tools menu with Spelling/ Automatic spelling/ Option to manage custom-dictionary Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Version: 7.5.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 5a1f41a0d3aab15c113651f2edc9d4137ae99063 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3 Build 9600; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
Hi Telesto, there's another way to get there without having to enter the Options dialog. You can right-click the word and then choose Spelling. Then click Options, which will show the User-defined dictionaries. Now just select the standard dictionary and click Edit. This seems sufficient IMO. What do you think?
(In reply to Rafael Lima from comment #1) > Hi Telesto, there's another way to get there without having to enter the > Options dialog. > > You can right-click the word and then choose Spelling. Then click Options, > which will show the User-defined dictionaries. Now just select the standard > dictionary and click Edit. > > This seems sufficient IMO. What do you think? Well you have a point here. However, this route doesn't work after you added something to the custom dictionary list (or Ignore List). Instead, you need to press F7 (or Tools -> Spelling), and access the dialog from there. Which surely nicer, but still somewhat unconventional. So would like some more thoughts, before closing.. ----- While at, another remark. The 'add to dictionary' in context menu being a kind of misleading. It doesn't add it to the regular dictionary (which I kind of assumed without additional knowledge), but to a custom dictionary. So why isn't this called 'add to custom dictionary' instead or is there a spacing issue for translations?
Created attachment 183131 [details] Add to dictionary (with sub menus) (In reply to Telesto from comment #2) > While at, another remark. > The 'add to dictionary' in context menu being a kind of misleading. It > doesn't add it to the regular dictionary (which I kind of assumed without > additional knowledge), but to a custom dictionary. So why isn't this called > 'add to custom dictionary' instead or is there a spacing issue for > translations? If you only have the "standard" user-defined dictionary, then this is where the new word is added. If you create more user-defined dictionaries, then a sub-menu is presented (see screenshot). But I agree with you that the UI could be clearer about the fact that these are "user-defined" dictionaries. We might change it to "Add to user-defined dictionary".
It's a wide topic with a) into which dictionary new words go, b) how to add/edit/delete the words in a dictionary, and c) how to access all this (via context menu, dialog etc.).