Description: LibreOffice Writer spell check does not allow manual correction to a word or phrase when its list of automatic corrections is insufficient. 1. At times I need to leave the spell check window and manually apply a correction, then get back into the spell check window. Spell check does not allow this. 2. If I close the spell check window once it has found a misspelled word, it MOVES THE CURSOR AWAY FROM the misspelled word, making it difficult for me to find it and correct manually in a large, multi-page document. 3. While the list of possible automatic corrections to choose from is good, it will never be perfect, and manual correction should always be possible. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Example misspelling: The m an who Billie visited 2.Spell check finds: an who 3.Correction suggested: a who 4. Spell check does not recognize the lone "m" as being invalid, does not recognize that there is an intrusive space, and does not allow manual correction when the proposed correction is obviously invalid. Actual Results: It shows me what it thinks is a misspelling and is usually, but not always, correct. The proposed solutions are sometimes insufficient, making it necessary for me to close the spell check window to manually correct the problem. In a large multi-page document, it moves back to the page on which I started the spell check and loses the location of the misspelling. Expected Results: It should allow me to leave the spell check window, make a manual correction to the document, then allow me to get back into the spell check window. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Version: 7.5.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 9f56dff12ba03b9acd7730a5a481eea045e468f3 CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22621; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_AS); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Additional spell check error Original text: The chinese american man The spell check will correct to Chinese american on the first round of spell checking. Invoke spell check again and it will correct to Chinese American. It should be able to capitalize both words with only one round of spell checking.
I am able to focus on the main window, fix the typo, then go back to the spellcheck dialog and "Resume" the spellcheck. Can you please try again, without closing the dialog, to focus the main window? Please also update to 7.5.5 for good measure. Thank you! Version: 7.5.5.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: ca8fe7424262805f223b9a2334bc7181abbcbf5e CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded (I changed the "version" field to the one your reported, I assume you didn't actually test version 3.3.4)
Dennis replied by email: > OK, my mistake. I do not now have a problem with stepping out of the spell check window to correct a document. > I do see a user interface problem, however. The word being flagged as an error is not highlighted in the main text, and should be. > Also, the spell check window overlays the word found in error, making me move the window. > The lack of highlighting flagged words makes it more difficult to find the misspelled word in a large document. Thanks for confirming that the dialog can be used at the same time as the main window. Regarding making the current word obvious in the document, this is requested in bug 47848. You can subscribe to that one and comment with your ideas there. Thank you!