Bug 168469 - Spell check doesn't underline wrong words
Summary: Spell check doesn't underline wrong words
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
3.4 all versions
Hardware: All macOS (All)
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Blocks: LanguageTool
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Reported: 2025-09-18 15:09 UTC by herrhofmueller@mac.com
Modified: 2025-12-20 15:56 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description herrhofmueller@mac.com 2025-09-18 15:09:32 UTC
Description:
Although the automatic spell checker is activated it neither underlines wrong word nor does it correct wrong word. Only if I right-click a wrong word it will offer me the correct spelling. This is always the case. Not just after printing. Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.activate spell checker
2.type words spelled wrongly
3.see

Actual Results:
It is always the case, its never worked, no matter the version

Expected Results:
IT should have underlined the wrongly spelled words with a red line or corrected it automatically


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
Underlined or corrected the word
Comment 1 Xisco Faulí 2025-09-18 15:23:42 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 2 herrhofmueller@mac.com 2025-09-18 16:08:20 UTC
Version: 25.2.4.3 (AARCH64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 33e196637044ead23f5c3226cde09b47731f7e27
CPU threads: 10; OS: macOS 26.0; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: osx
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: de-DE
Calc: threaded
Comment 3 Alex Thurgood 2025-09-22 10:40:03 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 herrhofmueller@mac.com 2025-09-26 13:02:03 UTC
(In reply to Alex Thurgood from comment #3)
> @herrhofmueller : please indicate whether: 
> 
> - you have installed the German langpack (presumably, yes) ?
> - you have activated the Language Tool tool ?
> - you have any other dictionaries installed ?
> 
> 
> I can't reproduce this with :
> 
> Version: 25.8.1.1 (AARCH64)
> Build ID: 54047653041915e595ad4e45cccea684809c77b5
> CPU threads: 8; OS: macOS 15.6.1; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx
> Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR.UTF-8); UI: fr-FR
> Calc: threaded
> 
> either typing in French, or typing in German, providing that the paragraph
> is defined as French, respectively German.
> 
> My German dictionary/thesaurus, as defined in the Extensions-GUI, is 
> "German (DE-frami) spelling, hyphenation, thesaurus 2015.12.28".

- yes, German language pack installed
- yes, language tool activated
- no, only default English and the German language pack
Comment 5 herrhofmueller@mac.com 2025-12-20 14:03:48 UTC
It would be great if you could do something about that bug. It is still there. Spelling mistakes are not underlined