Spell check does not work! (de_CH)

[marcellotogg]

I have copied the dictionaries according to the instructions and placed them in the appropriate folder. The language selection also shows DE_CH. Unfortunately, however, all words are marked as misspelled. If I switch to DE_DE, everything is fine (except for the CH terms, of course). What is wrong?

[walt.farrell]

What OS are you on?

Copying the de_DE dictionaries would not be sufficient; you would need to rename them, too, and (possibly) the directory they're in. Possibly you can show us some screenshots of your file system, from either Finder (Mac) or File Explorer (Windows) showing the relevant directory names and file names? That would help.

What, exactly, does the language selection show? If it is "unknown de_CH" I think that means you do not have the dictionary installed correctly. It would need to say "German (de_CH)" or possibly "Deutsch (de_CH)".

Also, in my experience the first two letters should be lower-case: de_CH and de_DE respectively, and that may be important.

[marcellotogg]

Hi Walt

Thanks for your advice.

Here my answers:

OS: Windows 10 professional
Downloaded all the files from github, then copied to the directory de_CH (See screenshots)

In Publisher the language will be shown, but the spelling did not work (See screenshots).

Rem: The downloaded files are very small, i cant believe, that there is all the needed content. Compared a oxt file i found mutch bigger!

Screenshot publisher.docx

[Joachim_L]

The file and folder structure should look like this on Windows:

de_CH.zip

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, marcellotogg said:

Rem: The downloaded files are very small, i cant believe, that there is all the needed content. Compared a oxt file i found mutch bigger!

You would have to rename the .oxt file as a .zip file, and unzip it, in order to see the individual files if you download from the OpenOffice page.

If you downloaded from the LibreOffice page then it is important to follow the directions in the Publisher FAQ carefully. If you don't, it is easy to get the files downloaded in the wrong format. If you open them with a text editor, what do the first few lines look like? They should be plain text, not HTML.

By the way, for showing screenshots, it's better to just attach the .jpg or .png file directly here, so they are immediately visible in the forums.

[marcellotogg]

Hi Joachim

Works fine, great!

Where do you have the correct files?

Thanks again

[marcellotogg]

Hi Walt

Thanks for the answer. In the oxt file are different files, but all without extension. It is not clear how to handle the files. Witch file is needed, witch not, what is the correct renaming of the files.

I think, it would be great, to create a documentation, with exact guideline how to handle the files and where to download from.

Thanks again

Marcel

 

[Joachim_L]

39 minutes ago, marcellotogg said:

Where do you have the correct files?

I got them from here I think

 

[walt.farrell]

33 minutes ago, marcellotogg said:

I think, it would be great, to create a documentation, with exact guideline how to handle the files and where to download from.

The existing FAQ has that, for LibreOffice:

If someone chooses a different location, it may be up to the user to figure out how to adapt, but I guess it might be reasonable to include at least the OpenOffice site, too.