LibreOffice bundled with Ubuntu 16.04.3.

[Owen Thomas]

I did my best and tried everything sensible and it didn't work. It wasn't
until I removed the bundled LO and then reinstalled Writer only that
everything worked as it should. I had to follow this process with the
Ubuntu I installed this morning (about four hours ago).

On 9 October 2017 at 11:52, First Name Last Name <hideserted at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Perhaps the version you first installed did not have spell check enabled
> as a default.
> Many of the options are selectable and can be enabled disabled via soft
> switches in the drop down menus.
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> On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 5:01 PM, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello again.
>>
>> In regard to my problems with LibreOffice in a recent message, I have
>> just downloaded, verified, and reinstalled the 16.04.3 LTS available from
>> canonical. This installation process seems to install a version of LO that
>> is older than the one available from the software centre.
>>
>> I've remove the preinstalled LO and install LO Writer only. Even though
>> both installations say they are version 5, the installation from the
>> software centre has a completely different look and feel. As noted in the
>> earlier post, the spell check, not working in the version bundled in the
>> installation of the OS, works fine when installed through the software
>> centre.
>>
>> I have done my best to highlight what appears to be a problem with the
>> installation of Ubuntu. I think this is something that someone who is
>> involved in development of Ubuntu and LibreOffice should look into.
>>
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