Can anyone tell me what is wrong with LibreOffice?

[Owen Thomas]

libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial2
  Candidate: 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial2
  Version table:
 *** 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial2 500
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64
Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64
Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:5.1.2-0ubuntu1 500
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages


On 6 October 2017 at 21:41, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6 October 2017 at 11:07, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello again.
> >
> > My faith in LibreOffice has been tested these few years because it seems
> > that large pieces of it haven't been functioning for a while. The format
> > paintbrush mechanism apparently hasn't been working for about two years.
> >
> > Recently, I've been trying to use LibreOffice for the first time after I
> > installed 16.04, and I find that the spell checker is broken for
> Australian
> > and UK English. It simply won't pick up spelling mistakes (neither as I
> type
> > nor when I request a scan of the document) after I select either
> dictionary.
> >
> > I can't ask this question of ask.libreoffice.org because I can't get
> past
> > the robot detection mechanism - that seems to be broken also. I think
> Ubuntu
> > has to make a decision whether it should find and put resources toward
> > making Libre Office function, or remove it from the default installation.
>
> I have not seen any such problems.  What does
> apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
> show?
>
> Colin
>
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