Install spelling and grammar checker in LibreOffice / OpenOffice

Spelling checker

In case you have installed OpenOffice / Libreoffice and it does not come with the spell checker (dictionary + synonyms) or the hyphen corresponding to the language of your preference, you simply have to install it by hand. There are two ways to do this: use one of the dictionaries that are already included in the repositories of most distributions (such as myspell, hunspell, etc.) or, failing that, look for a dictionary on the Extensions website. OpenOffice / LibreOffice and install it, as if it were an extension.

a) Install a MySpell dictionary

In Ubuntu this is super easy. For example, to install the Myspell package corresponding to the Spanish dictionary, you just have to open a terminal and enter the following command:

sudo apt-get install myspell -en

b) Install a dictionary as an extension

1.- Search and download the extension corresponding to the dictionary of your choice.

2.- Ir a Tools> Extension Management> Add and select the OXT file downloaded in the previous step.

Grammar checker

LanguageTool is probably the best style and grammar checker for OpenOffice / LibreOffice. Includes support for English, Spanish, French, German, Polish, Dutch, Romanian, and many other languages. It does a good job of catching mistakes that a typical spell checker would miss, such as word repetition, gender and number match, etc.

LanguageTool does not include a spell checker.

Installation

1.- Download the LanguageTool extension (OXT file)

2.- Ir a Tools> Extension Management> Add and select the OXT file downloaded in the previous step.

LanguageTool OpenOffice / LibreOffice

This extension requires Java to work

3.- Make sure you have the OpenOffice / LibreOffice Java package installed.

In the case of Ubuntu + LibreOffice, you just have to install the package libreoffice-java-common

sudo apt-get install libreoffice-java-common

LanguageTool OpenOffice / LibreOffice

For more information on LanguageTool, I suggest visiting the Official website of the project.

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  1.   George said

    myspell-spanish is the package name if they use openSuSE

    1.    let's use linux said

      Good! Thanks for the contribution!

  2.   Jose alive said

    I like LanguageTool a lot, but it needs several more rules in the Spanish language. If anyone knows where to find more rules, it would be great if they said it this way. Otherwise we should create, I don't know, a forum thread where we can all create more rules and improve it.

    1.    let's use linux said

      At the moment, it worked quite well for me ... especially when writing in English.

  3.   jose said

    someone knows how to use the SYNONYMS for libreoffice

  4.   Alejandro said

    excellent post. 2 weeks ago I was editing a text file in LibreOffice and I broke my head seeing where the dictionary was configured 😀

  5.   jose said

    catch synonymous deactivated 🙁

    http://i.imgur.com/YEU5OzV.png

    1.    Mauricio said

      To activate the synonyms ... look at this post:
      http://blogs.lanacion.com.ar/freeware/gpl-software-libre/libreoffice-3-5/#more-2715
      It works very well.

  6.   bwilliamdl said

    Thanks to this article I was able to solve my problem with the othergraphic correction, very good, with these small articles an endless number of problems that are presented to newbies like me are solved. thanks…

    1.    Mauricio said

      To activate the synonyms ... look at this post:
      http://blogs.lanacion.com.ar/freeware/gpl-software-libre/libreoffice-3-5/#more-2715
      It works very well.

  7.   Rudolph Garcia said

    Excellent post, very practical and simple: D !!

  8.   matias said

    I install the myspell from the repositories. If I want to install the lenguage tool, do I have to remove the package that I installed?

  9.   Fran said

    good post helped me a lot, it had been difficult for me to install the spell checker

  10.   renso said

    Thank you, I was leaving this matter for the end, but the time has come. Above I find out that he is for Argentina on time. Greetings 😀

  11.   sergio rodriguez said

    The contribution was very good, thank you. Cheers

  12.   Jordan said

    Excellent worked very well for me. Thank you.

    1.    let's use linux said

      You're welcome. Cheers! Paul.

  13.   jesusguy said

    I was trying to install LanguageTool on Debian 7.7 with Libreoffice 3.5 and after starting to install the extension I get an error, a pop-up dialog box opens that has a forbidden circle (red circle with banking stripe in the middle) and it tells me

    “Extension manager
    (com.sun.star.uno.RuntimeException)…. continue to the bottom taking up the entire screen »

    I have the entire Operating System in English, I just want to install the dictionary and the style checker in Spanish ...

    1.    let's use linux said

      Hello Jesus!

      I think it would be better if you ask this question in our question and answer service called Ask DesdeLinux so that the whole community can help you with your problem.

      A hug, Pablo.

    2.    leinybeth said

      Having the myspell and the dictionary is enough for you to have the spell check active, because I did the steps and everything worked. But I have the same problem as you when trying to add the LenguageTool extension to libreoffice and I have been looking and I do not find much information, only that the java options box must be activated (which I already have)

  14.   other said

    How to install the spell checker step by step in Ubuntu?
    can someone please help me?
    Thank you

    1.    leinybeth said

      Personally I had a lot of problems finding the extension of the Spanish dictionary because on the libreoffice page the extensions of the Spanish dictionaries do not have a download link, and the one I found had it but it was a zip and the format for the extensions should be OTX to make them work. It served me as an OpenOffice extension and I was able to install the dictionary, I leave you the link >> http://extensions.openoffice.org/project/es_ANY-dicts You only download and at the end you double click on the file and you will get a warning where you will confirm if you want to install as an extension in libreoffice or not. You can also do it through the path indicated here in the post Tools> Extension management> Add and select the OXT file, which in this case would be the dictionary. I hope it serves you like me

      1.    Anonymous said

        thanks this is what i was looking for

  15.   leinybeth said

    I have problems with the LanguageTool extension, this is the error that I get every time I want to activate said extension.
    [jni_uno bridge error] UNO calling Java method writeRegistryInfo: non-UNO exception occurred: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org / languagetool / openoffice / Main: Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
    java stacktrace:
    java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org / languagetool / openoffice / Main: Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1 (Native Method)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass (ClassLoader.java:643)
    at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass (SecureClassLoader.java:142)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass (URLClassLoader.java:277)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.access $ 000 (URLClassLoader.java:73)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader $ 1.run (URLClassLoader.java:212)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged (Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass (URLClassLoader.java:205)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass (ClassLoader.java:323)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass (ClassLoader.java:316)
    at java.net.FactoryURLClassLoader.loadClass (URLClassLoader.java:615)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass (ClassLoader.java:268)
    at com.sun.star.comp.loader.RegistrationClassFinder.find (RegistrationClassFinder.java:52)
    at com.sun.star.comp.loader.JavaLoader.writeRegistryInfo (JavaLoader.java:399)
    Any ideas to fix this problem? I have checked the box found in java options and the execution environment is Sun Microsystem 1.6,0_33

    1.    let's use linux said

      Hello Leinybeth!

      We recommend that you ask this question in our question and answer service called Ask DesdeLinux so that the whole community can help you with your problem.

      A hug, Pablo.

  16.   ch1mpafent05 said

    Thanks Friend! XD

  17.   Pablo said

    I have Linux Deepin how can I put a spell checker? Can anybody help me.

  18.   Guille said

    To complete the article, it would be necessary to add the dictionary of synonyms, in the case of Spanish in Spain it would be with the extension of Open Linguistic Resources: http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/projectrelease/diccionario-de-correccion-ortografica-separacion-silabica-y-sinonimos-en-espanol-67

  19.   Emiliano Nieto Avalo said

    I am a pensioner and I have a laptop PC with which I am entertained a lot since

    my job has been as an administrator.

    I have OpenOffice 4.1 installed, but it has very little dictionary and almost no spell checker. For which I would like to install one, although I do not need it
    materially.

    I would also like to be a DONOR even if it was a little bit

    Thanks and regards

    1.    Emiliano Nieto Avalo said

      Thank you for taking my requests into account. But I have doubts if I can get it

      anyway I'll keep asking until I get it.

      Greetings to all, Emiliano

  20.   emiliano grandson avalo said

    I need to get to install, a dicc. grammatical spelling. Well I have installed
    OpenOffice.org 4.1l

    I will thank you for helping me to achieve it.

    I can also think of some DONATION, even if it is not a big thing, well
    I am a pensioner and how can you understand, I don't have any money left over, but I have
    Will.

    As I indicated my email, you can send me some information or details about
    is you particular.

    Thanks and regards. GRANDCHILD

    1.    emiliano grandson avalo said

      I'm excited about my OpenOffice.org, but the Dictionary it has is very c, orrto

      otherwise I really like how little I know about your organization, but I'm

      very happy.

      Greetings again.

  21.   Emiliano said

    I would like to receive clear information on how to install a spell checker. Well I have the openoffice 4.1
    but it has no proofreader.

    Thanks and greetings Emiliano.

  22.   pwilsong said

    Thanks, it worked without a problem and

    sudo apt-get install myspell -en

    regards

  23.   Gaston said

    Excellent. It worked great for me. Thank you so much.