Created attachment 114247 [details] autocorrect printscren Hi all, I hope I'm not asking this question pointlessly, I tried to search for an answer first and couldn't find any. I'm using LibreOffice 4.4.1.2. on Windows 7 with USA English. The problem was found in Writer. I had a first weird experience typing something with a UK English spellcheck, and having an 'i' not corrected into an 'I'. I checked and the autocorrect list was empty, even though I had downloaded the whole package of dictionaries, etc. I tried the USA autocorrect list, it was there, I carried on typing. However, when it didn't correct 'i'm' into 'I'm' I decided I would add it to the list: when I did that, the program crashed, and when I opened it again, the entire autocorrect list had vanished (both for USA and UK English). I then downloaded some other dictionary (I found one called 'UK English, OED spelling'), and the same thing happened again: it worked ok until I wanted to add something to it, which made the program crash and all the autocorrect options vanish. I did try to have LibreOffice ignore system language as well as not, and tried a reboot, it didn't change a thing. I would have downloaded again the language package thing, but it seems to be integrated into the program itself. I then tried to uninstall/reinstall libreoffice, but I guess the files haven't been changed, and so even with the new version I'm still stuck without autocorrect. Thanks for your help. Jeremie
For the test, could you rename your LO directory profile (see https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile#Windows) and give a new try?
Thanks for your answer. So I tried go to %appdata%\libreoffice\4\user, and changed the name of the folder '4' into '3', reopened writer: it recreated a new folder named '4' next to '3', but the autocorrect lists are still missing (for English only, btw, I had installed German, Italian, and French dictionaries, and those are still there, and I can add stuff to the list and the program won't crash).
I went and searched in the user profile: the new one that was automatically created by the program does not contain the autocorr folder. In the previous one I had, the folder exists, but is empty. I tried and download a file called acor_en-US.dat online and put it in there, but it didn't have any noticeable effect.
If you're ready to test dev releases, you can give a try to daily build from 4.4 branch here: http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/libreoffice-4-4/ Indeed, http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/log/?qt=grep&q=autocorrect shows that a crash have been fixed lately. If you prefer mature LO version, give a try to 4.3.6. In both cases, uninstall your LO version, remove your LO directory profile and install from official website, ie https://www.libreoffice.org/download
Great, thanks loads, I went back to the previous version and it works all fine! Best J
Thank you for your feedback. just nitpicking: since there's no specific fix, let's put this one to WFM.