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cbkschroeder

Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XP LO 3.5.2

Hi,

The spell checker in LibreOffice 3.5.2 seems to spontaneously break. This happened to me on previous versions, too. I have spent too much time going through various channels to try to solve the problem; lots of workarounds -- installing other dictionaries, for example -- can be found. These workarounds don't, of course, solve the problem. I'm using US English, and I'm in Canada. Before I waste somebody's time by submitting a bug report, I thought I'd try here for input.

It seems that one day I will happily be using writer with the spell check running 100%. Then, next day, the spell checker doesn't seem to work anymore. Poof. I've got XP SP3. It seems as though the English dictionary extension somehow breaks despite my doing nothing in regard to configuring the software beyond default. I had entertained that running OS updates might be breaking the software, so I tried the following, though I couldn't replicate the issue. I know, this may seem like a lot to post for a negative result, but I feel it might be useful to know what DOESN'T seem to cause the problem.

- Reverted to 120401 OS backup image made via True Image; LibreOffice 3.5.1 was installed; spell check didn't work. Most recent round of XP updates had not been applied.
- Uninstalled Libreoffice 3.5.1
- Deleted LibreOffice folder in Program Files
- Deleted LibreOffice folder in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data
- Deleted LibreOffice shortcuts in Start menu
- Ran CCleaner
- Rebooted
- Installed LibreOffice 3.5.2 and helppack.
- Rebooted.
- Ran LibreOffice Writer. Touched nothing, just started typing gobbledegook. US English spell check was active and lots of little red squiggly error underlines indicated the spell check was working.
- Went to tools, options, language settings, languages, and under "Default Languages for Documents" there was a nice fat check mark with "ABC" written over top of it beside the "Default - English (USA)" setting. Several other languages present here also had that thick check mark.
- User interface setting was "Default - English (USA)", Locale setting was "Default - English (USA)". I took a snapshot of the window:

- When I went to the extension manager, scrolled down to English Spelling Dictionaries and left-clicked to highlight it, I saw that an "Options" button appeared:

Clicking it opened yet another window which said English Sentence Checking:

- Ran CCleaner 3.17.1689, ran the cleaner function, ran the registry "Scan for Issues" function, fixed all issues, and rebooted.
- Started writer again, discovered the state of the program was unchanged from the above description. Everything worked fine. The last CCleaner execution clearly did not adversely effect LO.
- Proceeded to run the windows updates one by one.
- Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP (KB2675157). Rebooted. LO OK. Ran CCleaner. Rebooted. LO OK.
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB2653956). Rebooted. LO OK. Ran CCleaner. Rebooted. LO OK.
- Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - April 2012 (KB890830). Rebooted. LO OK. Ran CCleaner. Rebooted. LO OK.
- Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 on XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Server 2008 x86 (KB2656368). Rebooted. LO OK. Ran CCleaner. Rebooted. LO OK.
- Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP x86 (KB2656369). Rebooted. LO OK. Ran CCleaner. Rebooted. LO OK.
- Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 x86 (KB2656370). Rebooted. LO OK. Ran CCleaner. Rebooted. LO OK.
- Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials - KB2310138 (Definition 1.123.1780.0). Rebooted. LO OK. Ran CCleaner. Rebooted. LO OK.

So clearly LO is not broken by any of these. So what breaks the spell checker? When broken, things look like:

and

Note the absence of the big fat check mark with "ABC" on it...

I wish dearly that this problem would be solved as I do so love LO, but this is driving me crazy. Any help to try to sleuth the problem out would be deeply appreciated. Let me know what I can do.

Thanks for your time,

Christian

Manfred J. Krause

Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XP LO 3.5.2

Hi Christian,

Some ideas ...

(1)
Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages

Modify the settings as follows, press 'OK', and restart LibreOffice.

(2)
Tools > Options > Language Settings > Writing Aids > Available language modules

- Verify the checkmarks.

(3)
- Press 'Edit...'
- Select 'Language > English (USA)'
- Verify the checkmarks.

(4) Observe the displayed language in the status bar.

(5) Don't change the OS input language [systray] via 'Alt+Shift'.

mjk

cbkschroeder

Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XP LO 3.5.2

Hi Manfred,

Thanks a lot for your quick response!!

So I've tried as best as I can to replicate what you've suggested. Unfortunately, I can't seem to make the fat check mark appear anywhere.

For example, post-restart, I see under Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages:

Under Tools > Options > Language Settings > Writing Aids I see:

and

In no case can I make this fat check mark appear. Again, it's as though the extension is "broken".

If you have the time to forward some more ideas, I would be grateful!!

Thanks,

Christian

Manfred J. Krause

Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XP LO 3.5.2

Hi Christian,

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 4:24 PM, cbkschroeder [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi Manfred,

Thanks a lot for your quick response!!

So I've tried as best as I can to replicate what you've suggested. Unfortunately, I can't seem to make the fat check mark appear anywhere.

For example, post-restart, I see under Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages:

Under Tools > Options > Language Settings > Writing Aids I see:

and

In no case can I make this fat check mark appear. Again, it's as though the extension is "broken".

If you have the time to forward some more ideas, I would be grateful!!

I'm pretty sure that something is broken in your LibreOffice user profile. [1]

You might try to re-synchronize the 'bundled dictionaries':

- Close LibreOffice (+ Quickstarter, if enabled)
- Go to '...\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\LibreOffice\3\user\extensions\bundled'
- Rename the folder 'bundled' to (e.g.) 'bundled_old'
- Restart LibO.

A new folder 'bundled' will be created in the user profile.
All bundled dictionaries should be available.

Hope this helps...

Addendum:
(1) Checking the program folder 'extensions'
[Path: ...\Program_Files\LibreOffice 3.5\share\extensions]
- Folder 'dict-en' is available (with the file 'en_US.dic' [among others])?

(2) Your LibreOffice 3.5.2 installation: default or customized installation?

(3) Does the problem occur--right from start--with
- a renamed LibreOffice user profile
- another / a new user (OS level)?

mjk

[1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile

krackedpress

Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XP LO 3.5.2

In reply to this post by cbkschroeder

Do me a favor, try using this Canadian English dictionary. [en-CA]

http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.4-installs/add-on-dictionaries-large-list/kpp-canadian-english-dictionary-638K-word-list.oxt

See if it over-writes some of the "default" files for you enough for it
to work for your needs.

There may be some part of the locked, default, dictionary that is
causing you the issues. I wonder if a different English dictionary
would solve the problems, since with several dictionaries installed, I
see the last one is checked first. That is what happens when I look at
the Thesaurus part of the dictionaries. I seen my Thesaurus listing
show up before the default installed version's listings. So I hope the
the English spelling part will be used first, or over write the previous
versions in the file[s] that contain the used dictionary information.

It might help, or it may not. I deal with en-US as my default
language. I tend to make sure a US version is installed instead of a
generic "all English" version. I think the default one includes many
non-North American English localizations, like South African English.

This is the en-US version of the dictionary.
http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.4-installs/add-on-dictionaries-large-list/kpp-american-english-dictionary-638k-word-list.oxt

Try the dictionary extensions. See if that helps your issue. Also, my
versions have more words in its word lists than the default installed
one and any other version I can find. 638,000+ words for the largest
en-CA version, with 217K words in the smallest en-CA version.

On 04/18/2012 08:38 AM, cbkschroeder wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The spell checker in LibreOffice 3.5.2 seems to spontaneously break. This
> happened to me on previous versions, too. I have spent too much time going
> through various channels to try to solve the problem; lots of workarounds --
> installing other dictionaries, for example -- can be found. These
> workarounds don't, of course, solve the problem. I'm using US English, and
> I'm in Canada. Before I waste somebody's time by submitting a bug report, I
> thought I'd try here for input.
>
> It seems that one day I will happily be using writer with the spell check
> running 100%. Then, next day, the spell checker doesn't seem to work
> anymore. Poof. I've got XP SP3. It seems as though the English dictionary
> extension somehow breaks despite my doing nothing in regard to configuring
> the software beyond default. I had entertained that running OS updates might
> be breaking the software, so I tried the following, though I couldn't
> replicate the issue. I know, this may seem like a lot to post for a negative
> result, but I feel it might be useful to know what DOESN'T seem to cause the
> problem.
>
> - Reverted to 120401 OS backup image made via True Image; LibreOffice 3.5.1
> was installed; spell check didn't work. Most recent round of XP updates had
> not been applied.
> - Uninstalled Libreoffice 3.5.1
> - Deleted LibreOffice folder in Program Files
> - Deleted LibreOffice folder in C:\Documents and
> Settings\Administrator\Application Data
> - Deleted LibreOffice shortcuts in Start menu
> - Ran CCleaner
> - Rebooted
> - Installed LibreOffice 3.5.2 and helppack.
> - Rebooted.
> - Ran LibreOffice Writer. Touched nothing, just started typing gobbledegook.
> US English spell check was active and lots of little red squiggly error
> underlines indicated the spell check was working.
> - Went to tools, options, language settings, languages, and under "Default
> Languages for Documents" there was a nice fat check mark with "ABC" written
> over top of it beside the "Default - English (USA)" setting. Several other
> languages present here also had that thick check mark.
> - User interface setting was "Default - English (USA)", Locale setting was
> "Default - English (USA)". I took a snapshot of the window:
>
> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3919812/picture_00.png
>
> - When I went to the extension manager, scrolled down to English Spelling
> Dictionaries and left-clicked to highlight it, I saw that an "Options"
> button appeared:
>
> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3919812/picture_01.png
>
> Clicking it opened yet another window which said English Sentence Checking:
>
> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3919812/picture_02.png
>
> - Ran CCleaner 3.17.1689, ran the cleaner function, ran the registry "Scan
> for Issues" function, fixed all issues, and rebooted.
> - Started writer again, discovered the state of the program was unchanged
> from the above description. Everything worked fine. The last CCleaner
> execution clearly did not adversely effect LO.
> - Proceeded to run the windows updates one by one.
> - Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP
> (KB2675157). Rebooted. LO OK. Ran CCleaner. Rebooted. LO OK.
> - Security Update for Windows XP (KB2653956). Rebooted. LO OK. Ran
> CCleaner. Rebooted. LO OK.
> - Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - April 2012 (KB890830).
> Rebooted. LO OK. Ran CCleaner. Rebooted. LO OK.
> - Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 on XP, Server 2003, Vista,
> Windows 7, Server 2008 x86 (KB2656368). Rebooted. LO OK. Ran CCleaner.
> Rebooted. LO OK.
> - Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 on Windows Server
> 2003 and Windows XP x86 (KB2656369). Rebooted. LO OK. Ran CCleaner.
> Rebooted. LO OK.
> - Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 on Windows XP,
> Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 x86 (KB2656370). Rebooted. LO OK. Ran
> CCleaner. Rebooted. LO OK.
> - Definition Update for Microsoft Security Essentials - KB2310138
> (Definition 1.123.1780.0). Rebooted. LO OK. Ran CCleaner. Rebooted. LO OK.
>
> So clearly LO is not broken by any of these. So what breaks the spell
> checker? When broken, things look like:
>
> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3919812/picture_03.png
>
> and
>
> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3919812/picture_04.png
>
> Note the absence of the big fat check mark with "ABC" on it...
>
> I wish dearly that this problem would be solved as I do so love LO, but this
> is driving me crazy. Any help to try to sleuth the problem out would be
> deeply appreciated. Let me know what I can do.
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Christian
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>

cbkschroeder

Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XP LO 3.5.2

In reply to this post by Manfred J. Krause

Hi Manfred,

Thanks again for your kind help. So, as per your suggestions:

> You might try to re-synchronize the 'bundled dictionaries':
>
> - Close LibreOffice (+ Quickstarter, if enabled)
> - Go to '...\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application
> Data\LibreOffice\3\user\extensions\bundled'
> - Rename the folder 'bundled' to (e.g.) 'bundled_old'
> - Restart LibO.
>
> A new folder 'bundled' will be created in the user profile.
> All bundled dictionaries should be available.

I followed the above and exactly what you expected would happen ended up happening. Unfortunately, my spell checker remained broken. Still no fat check mark.

> Addendum:
> (1) Checking the program folder 'extensions'
> [Path: ...\Program_Files\LibreOffice 3.5\share\extensions]
> - Folder 'dict-en' is available (with the file 'en_US.dic' [among others])?

Both the folder and the file are present.

> (2) Your LibreOffice 3.5.2 installation: default or customized installation?

Default.

> (3) Does the problem occur--right from start--with
> - a renamed LibreOffice user profile

I exited LO, deleted the C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\LibreOffice folder, and restarted. The folder was re-created, but the spell checker remained broken.

> - another / a new user (OS level)?

I created a new user -- an administrator -- and logged out. I logged in as the new user and started LO. Spell check was still broken in the same way.

> [1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile
>

Thanks again for your help. Would you have any other ideas? I'd be enthusiastic to hear them!

Christian

cbkschroeder

Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XP LO 3.5.2

In reply to this post by krackedpress

Hi krakedpress,

Thanks for your input.

I have had success with these dictionaries in the past, but I thought this time I'd try to figure out why the default dictionaries are breaking as they are. I'd love to get to the bottom of this as I'm sure I'm not the only user to whom this is happening.

All the best,

Christian

Tom

Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XP LO 3.5.2

In reply to this post by cbkschroeder

Hi :)
Renaming the users profile is a good first thing to try if any problems happen in LibreOffice, or OpenOffice, or pretty much and other OpenSource program
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile
It sets "everything back to factory defaults" in proprietary software the only equivalent tends to be to reinstall the whole program. Oddly reinstalling an OpenSource program doesn't touch your User Profile so it keeps all your settings and stuff intact.

Since you have already just done this and got nowhere we can only hope that Tim from Kracked Press is able to help, or that someone else has gained something like his skills and knowledge in this area!

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

--- On Thu, 19/4/12, cbkschroeder <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: cbkschroeder <[hidden email]>
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XP LO 3.5.2
To: [hidden email]
Date: Thursday, 19 April, 2012, 18:53

Hi Manfred,

Thanks again for your kind help. So, as per your suggestions:

> You might try to re-synchronize the 'bundled dictionaries':
>
> - Close LibreOffice (+ Quickstarter, if enabled)
> - Go to '...\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application
> Data\LibreOffice\3\user\extensions\bundled'
> - Rename the folder 'bundled' to (e.g.) 'bundled_old'
> - Restart LibO.
>
> A new folder 'bundled' will be created in the user profile.
> All bundled dictionaries should be available.

I followed the above and exactly what you expected would happen ended up
happening. Unfortunately, my spell checker remained broken. Still no fat
check mark.

> Addendum:
> (1) Checking the program folder 'extensions'
> [Path: ...\Program_Files\LibreOffice 3.5\share\extensions]
> - Folder 'dict-en' is available (with the file 'en_US.dic' [among
> others])?

Both the folder and the file are present.

> (2) Your LibreOffice 3.5.2 installation: default or customized
> installation?

Default.

> (3) Does the problem occur--right from start--with
> - a renamed LibreOffice user profile

I exited LO, deleted the C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application
Data\LibreOffice folder, and restarted. The folder was re-created, but the
spell checker remained broken.

> - another / a new user (OS level)?

I created a new user -- an administrator -- and logged out. I logged in as
the new user and started LO. Spell check was still broken in the same way.

> [1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile
>

Thanks again for your help. Would you have any other ideas? I'd be
enthusiastic to hear them!

Christian

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cbkschroeder

Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XP LO 3.5.2

Hi Tom,

I'm very thankful that Tim developed the dictionaries that he did. I CAN install them, and they DO work -- well. Again, though, I can't help but wonder if someone might not be interested in figuring out why the default dictionaries break as they do. After floating this topic around here for a little while, thereby tapping lots of expertise I don't have, I think I am ready to perhaps submit a bug report.

Thank you for your comments!

Christian

Tom

Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XP LO 3.5.2

In reply to this post by cbkschroeder

Hi :)
Have you been able to solve this problem yet? Sorry i lost track of where you got to.
Apols and regards from
Tom :)

--- On Wed, 18/4/12, cbkschroeder <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: cbkschroeder <[hidden email]>
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XP LO 3.5.2
To: [hidden email]
Date: Wednesday, 18 April, 2012, 15:24

Hi Manfred,

Thanks a lot for your quick response!!

So I've tried as best as I can to replicate what you've suggested.
Unfortunately, I can't seem to make the fat check mark appear anywhere.

For example, post-restart, I see under Tools > Options > Language Settings >
Languages:

http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3920136/picture_00.png

Under Tools > Options > Language Settings > Writing Aids I see:

http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3920136/picture_01.png

and

http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3920136/picture_02.png

In no case can I make this fat check mark appear. Again, it's as though the
extension is "broken".

If you have the time to forward some more ideas, I would be grateful!!

Thanks,

Christian

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cbkschroeder

Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XP LO 3.5.2

Hi Tom,

I submitted a bug report.

Cheers,

Christian

cbkschroeder

Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XP LO 3.5.2

In reply to this post by cbkschroeder

Hi again,

So it's now version 3.5.4.2 and the problem still exists. As well, I installed the KPP dictionaries in the extension manager and had spell checking for a while, and then their installation eventually "broke", too. Unlike the default English dictionaries, however, I can promptly re-install the KPP dictionaries and get my spell checker back, for a while anyway.

If someone could look into these magical breaking dictionary extensions, well, you'd have no idea how grateful I'd be!

Thanks again,

Christian

krackedpress

Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XP LO 3.5.2

IT seems that the "breaking dictionary" is mostly a Windows thing, if
what I read is correct.

It is to be that my KPP [Kracked Press Productions] dictionaries would
work and not "break". As far as I understand, this issue is a somewhat
hit or miss for people. You could have one system work fine but a
different system, same make/model/OS/etc., will not work properly. Why
it happens is the key to figure out a fix for it.

Sometimes I wonder if there is something in the "default" English
dictionary is the issue. I took a "non-English" dictionary that was not
working for someone and un-archive it and open the parts into a text
editor, then re-archive it. Then the person who had the problems with
the original one stated it worked fine now. So, there could be
something that "creeps into" the file/install somehow, somewhere, that
triggers something for only a few users.

I have never heard of the Spell checking "breaking" in the Ubuntu
installs, but someone could have had it happen.

I did my best to make sure my KPP dictionaries worked as well as
possible. I hope to update them one day. I lost some of my work during
one of my sick weeks and a "ooops I deleted the wrong folder" issue. I
had my 638,000 spelling word list over 700,000 words. I even had one
that was over 1,000,000 words, with most of the new words being
not-popular-but-valid-spelling words. I hope to get back to this in the
near future. The American English largest list is 638,644 words, and
the British list is 638,285 words.

On 06/09/2012 07:01 PM, cbkschroeder wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> So it's now version 3.5.4.2 and the problem still exists. As well, I
> installed the KPP dictionaries in the extension manager and had spell
> checking for a while, and then their installation eventually "broke", too.
> Unlike the default English dictionaries, however, I can promptly re-install
> the KPP dictionaries and get my spell checker back, for a while anyway.
>
> If someone could look into these magical breaking dictionary extensions,
> well, you'd have no idea how grateful I'd be!
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Christian
>
>
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> Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>

cbkschroeder

Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XP LO 3.5.2

Krackedpress,

I would be quite surprised if it was your dictionaries that "broke". I would agree, this could well be a Windows thing. What makes the problem all the more frustrating is that sometimes it doesn't appear for quite some time, and then "poof", there it is. Makes for tough debugging.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Christian

Paul van Tooren

Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XPLO 3.5.2

In reply to this post by krackedpress

Dear Christian

That problem is known.
Got to User,<Username>,AppData,Roaming, LibreOffice,3,user.
Rename the folder user to for example user_old.
Than start LibreOffice 3.5.x again from the main screen.
The folder useer will be created.
Then start the Spell option.

Good luck,

Paul van Tooren

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 1:25 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XPLO
3.5.2

IT seems that the "breaking dictionary" is mostly a Windows thing, if
what I read is correct.

It is to be that my KPP [Kracked Press Productions] dictionaries would
work and not "break". As far as I understand, this issue is a somewhat
hit or miss for people. You could have one system work fine but a
different system, same make/model/OS/etc., will not work properly. Why
it happens is the key to figure out a fix for it.

Sometimes I wonder if there is something in the "default" English
dictionary is the issue. I took a "non-English" dictionary that was not
working for someone and un-archive it and open the parts into a text
editor, then re-archive it. Then the person who had the problems with
the original one stated it worked fine now. So, there could be
something that "creeps into" the file/install somehow, somewhere, that
triggers something for only a few users.

I have never heard of the Spell checking "breaking" in the Ubuntu
installs, but someone could have had it happen.

I did my best to make sure my KPP dictionaries worked as well as
possible. I hope to update them one day. I lost some of my work during
one of my sick weeks and a "ooops I deleted the wrong folder" issue. I
had my 638,000 spelling word list over 700,000 words. I even had one
that was over 1,000,000 words, with most of the new words being
not-popular-but-valid-spelling words. I hope to get back to this in the
near future. The American English largest list is 638,644 words, and
the British list is 638,285 words.

On 06/09/2012 07:01 PM, cbkschroeder wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> So it's now version 3.5.4.2 and the problem still exists. As well, I
> installed the KPP dictionaries in the extension manager and had spell
> checking for a while, and then their installation eventually "broke", too.
> Unlike the default English dictionaries, however, I can promptly
> re-install
> the KPP dictionaries and get my spell checker back, for a while anyway.
>
> If someone could look into these magical breaking dictionary extensions,
> well, you'd have no idea how grateful I'd be!
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Christian
>
>
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cbkschroeder

Re: Spell checker "breaks" in Windows XPLO 3.5.2

Hi Paul,

Thanks for your response.

From what I recall in my previous postings and in my previous experience, I can delete the whole LibreOffice folder in the user data folders and the problem still persists. It's really antagonizing! Would doing so not be a far more extreme step that what you've suggested?

I can't test things right now because they currently work; I once again installed the KPP dictionaries and I expect things will hum along until some random moment in the future when they will again break!

Cheers and thanks again,

Christian