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How to set LibreOffice to suggest corrections for UK English?

rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 12691 / 3 Years ago, wed, september 8, 2021, 11:08:45

I want to be given correction suggestions while setting a text in LibreOffice to English-UK.

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Now it works for English-US, French and Romanian, as these are the languages that I have installed in Language Support. I cannot seem to have a setting to differentiate US/UK English as I was able in Xubuntu.

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In LibreOffice English-UK is absent. How to add it?

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In Tools/Options/Language Settings/Languages I get to the image above, but how to make English UK present there? it lacks that 'ABC-V' sign that is present for English USA, although in Tools/Options/Language Settings/Writing Aids an 'English-uk' IS PRESENT. But that is not enough for the corrector to function for English-UK.

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answered 3 Years ago coffekne · Accepted Answer

I had this problem with a fresh installation of Lubuntu. I set everything that I could to English (UK), but spell checking did not work. I eventually found this:

Cannot set language for spell check

I fixed the problem by opening a terminal and typing:

sudo apt-get install hunspell-en-gb

and entering my password when prompted.

The red squiggly underlines finally appeared in my document.

As it has already been said, the previous solution does not work because of a dead link.