[Bug 159470] Spelling and Language support in LibreOffice Writer unusable

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159470

--- Comment #10 from Alexander Dietz <alexander.dietz at gmx.ch> ---
So, when I select "Language" from the "Tools" menu, it seems that this
""language"" is not just for spell checking but also for other purposes. 

First, is this documented somewhere? I found just this page:
https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-GB/text/shared/01/06010500.html?&DbPAR=WRITER&System=MAC
but it seems a bit restricting. It does not really explain what the language
selection under "Tools" -> "Language" really means.

Second, it is not clear - and not documented(?) what that green checkmark
means. In some other forum I asked about this and it seems this green checkmark
indicates the installed language. But I see a green checkmark for "For
selection", but not in "For paragraph" or "For all text". Does this mean the
language is installed only when I check a selection? I am really positive that
there is a kind of bug, or some misconfiguration or something. 

Third, then I choose "Tools" -> "Spelling" this opens the spelling dialog where
no language is selected. When I choose "German (Germany)" then nothing happens.
I would expect that either the spell checking starts, or to "save" that
spell-checking language as the language I want to use for spell checking. When
I close this dialog and open it again, the selected language is gone. 

Fourth, it seems that when I choose a spell-checking language (which I can
chose via "Preferences" -> "Language Settings"  -> "Languages"), for example
"German (Germany)" then the spell checking works via "Tools" -> "Spelling". I
find it non-intuitive that you have to select the spell-checking language via
"Preferences".

Fifth, when I quit LibreOffice and reopen the document, my settings seem to
have vanished. I have to go to "Preferences" -> "Language Settings"  ->
"Languages" again to select "German (Germany)". Until then I only see the
language listed as "German {de}". 

As I hopefully have shown (which I also can do via skype etc), I find the
spell-checking language non-intuitive, and there are functionalities that I am
sure do not work as supposed to. Let me know if you have more specific
questions.

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