Bug 89910 - spellchecker works for one user not another
Summary: spellchecker works for one user not another
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Linguistic (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.4.1.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium normal
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Reported: 2015-03-09 14:40 UTC by simon
Modified: 2016-09-20 18:44 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Spelling and Grammar: non-working spellchecker with inoperable language menu (34.18 KB, image/png)
2015-03-09 14:42 UTC, simon
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Spelling and Grammar: working spellchecker with usable language menu (31.89 KB, image/png)
2015-03-09 14:44 UTC, simon
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Language settings: non-working spellchecker option settings (54.39 KB, image/png)
2015-03-09 14:46 UTC, simon
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Language settings: working spellchecker option settings (56.72 KB, image/png)
2015-03-09 14:48 UTC, simon
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Description simon 2015-03-09 14:40:28 UTC
As a user with Windows 7 administrative privileges, I uninstalled an earlier version of LO and installed LO-4.4.1.2.  When I installed LO-4.4.1.2, I had checked which dictionaries were installed, and various English, French and Spanish dictionaries were selected.  

For one non-admin user, the Writer spell checker works fine.

However, for another non-admin user, the spell checker does not work.

I've googled around and searched on ask.libreoffice.org and also here, tried a few things such as wiping AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice for both non-admin users, but without success.

I've tried to discover what the differences are between the 2 non-admin users.  In both cases:
- Tools > Automatic Spell Checking (S-F7) is enabled
- Tools > Language > For Selection... is "English (UK)"
- Tools > Language > For Paragraph... has nothing set
- Tools > Language > For all Text... has nothing set
I've tried playing around with these settings, but, try as I might, I cannot set anything for "For Paragraph" or "For all Text" for either non-admin user.  I presume these are set correctly.

The only difference I have found, is that for the user with a working spell checker, when I do "Spelling and Grammar (F7)", the Text Language is a drop-down list of various English, French and Spanish dictionaries as I would expect.  However, for the user with a non-working spell checker, the Text Language drop-down menu is greyed out and inoperable.

This difference is not apparent when I do Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages.  For both users, the "Default Languages for Documents" Western menu is a drop-down list of various English, French and Spanish dictionaries.

So, the bug _appears_ to be that not all users have visibility of the installed dictionaries within Writer, even though they have visibility within the Options settings.  

I've attached snippets of "Spelling and Grammar (F7)" and "Language Settings" popups for both non-admin users.

Please let me know how I can help with this bug.
Comment 1 simon 2015-03-09 14:42:38 UTC
Created attachment 113994 [details]
Spelling and Grammar: non-working spellchecker with inoperable language menu
Comment 2 simon 2015-03-09 14:44:57 UTC
Created attachment 113995 [details]
Spelling and Grammar: working spellchecker with usable language menu
Comment 3 simon 2015-03-09 14:46:18 UTC
Created attachment 113996 [details]
Language settings: non-working spellchecker option settings
Comment 4 simon 2015-03-09 14:48:04 UTC
Created attachment 113997 [details]
Language settings: working spellchecker option settings
Comment 5 Buovjaga 2015-04-29 06:44:45 UTC
I tested by adding a new normal user. When I logged in with it, spellcheck did not work.

Win 7 Pro 64-bit, Version: 4.4.3.1
Build ID: b2f347f2ac68821efc00b6f1793cda90af748118
Locale: fi_FI
Comment 6 Buovjaga 2015-04-29 06:58:32 UTC
CC'ing A. Timar
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2016-09-20 09:32:07 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 marshals 2016-09-20 18:44:43 UTC
i can't reproduce this on Win10Home64

Version: 5.2.1.2 (x64)
Build ID: 31dd62db80d4e60af04904455ec9c9219178d620
CPU Threads: 4; OS Version: Windows 6.19; UI Render: default; 
Locale: en-GB (en_GB); Calc: group