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How do I create a custom dictionary in OpenOffice?

Asked by: Brandon Sumter

The answer is to make a custom dictionary. In Writer go to /Tools /Options /Language Setting /Writing aids : User defined dictionaries and press the New button. Name the dictionary as you wish. When you have a word in your text flagged as misspelled, right click on it and Add it to your new user dictionary.

How do you add a dictionary in open office?

To add other dictionaries, use File > Wizards > Install new dictionaries. An OOo document will open with links to different languages that you can install. Follow the prompts to install them.

How do I edit the dictionary in open office?

Go to Tools | Options | Language Settings | Writing Aids. Under User-defined dictionaries, select the dictionary to modify and click Edit to make your changes. Thank you very much.

How to add custom dictionary to LibreOffice?

You can get the location of the present dictionaries by looking at Tools → Options , LibreOffice → Paths . Item Dictionaries is the information you need. Copy your dictionaries from this location to you dropbox.

What is Hunspell dictionary?

Hunspell is a spell checker and morphological analyser designed for languages with rich morphology and complex word compounding and character encoding, originally designed for the Hungarian language. Hunspell. Developer(s) László Németh.

Where can I download Hunspell dictionaries?

You can download Hunspell dictionaries from one of the following websites: Open Office dictionaries: http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/search?f[0]=field_project_tags%3A157. Mozilla Firefox dictionaries: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/language-tools.

How do I install Hunspell dictionary?

Install Hunspell spellchecker

  1. In order to setup Hunspell spellchecking in memoQ, simply go to MemoQ Options > Options > Spelling and grammar.
  2. Then: …
  3. – look for the dictionaries available for that language (click on Look for more dictionaries online)

How do you use Flyspell?

Flyspell mode is a minor mode that performs automatic spell-checking of the text you type as you type it. When it finds a word that it does not recognize, it highlights that word. Type M-x flyspell-mode to toggle Flyspell mode in the current buffer.