Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 12052
Grammar Checker
Last modified: 2009-04-24 09:11:59 UTC
A grammer checking utility including an auto option to highlight mistakes while writing, such as the one available in Microsoft Word, would be extremely useful.
Try this: open "Tools / Options - Language Settings - Writing Aids" there in the "Options" field check the box named "Auto Check". Also you may simply press the "Auto Spellcheck" button in the "Main Toolbar" on the left . Is this what you're looking for?
Hi, I am changing this to an "Enhancement" request which I think is more appropriate since the submitter is asking for us to design and incorporate a grammar checker for OOo. I am also adding myself as CC to this one. Kevin
SBA: Reassigned to Bettina from the User Experience team for consideration.
*** Issue 15916 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
I think the first thing that should be implemented is some kind of callback mechanism similar to the one that calls MySpell on separate words (I assume), but instead passing whole sentences at a time to "MyGrammar". Such a sentence level analysis function may be used not only for grammar checking, but it could also be used for spell checking "split words" like "hors d'oeuvre", or "doe-het-zelfzaak" which are valid in Dutch, while their parts such as "hors" or "zelfzaak" occurring on their own aren't. So with the current spell check, depending on if these parts are included in the word list, either these combinations are incorrectly rejected, or their parts occurring on their own are incorrectly accepted.
Looks like a duplicate of Issue 6895.
I am also supporting this request for enhancements. it is little bit strange that this grammar enhancements still unconfirmed for more than 1 year. but in many discussion many people asking about this. I confirm it and set to new :)
It's a duplicate. @khendricks: please decide whether you want to keep issue 6895 (assigned to you with "remind"). If you don't want to keep it, please close one of the issues as duplicate.
A grammar checking is absolutely necessary inside OO. I say a grammar checking not a spell checking. I am used to write text (in French and in English) in OO and at the end I always open the text inside MS word to check my mistakes because OO has no grammar cheking. This is a function which should be done to use correctly OO in companies.
If a grammar checker API cannot be implemented for OOo 2.1, here's an idea for a replacement that should be easy to implement: change the spell checker API so that the check method doesn't only get the word to check but also two strings, one with the context on the right side of the word, another one with the context on the left side (context = maybe 20 words?). A traditional spell checker can just ignore these strings. I know that this is a compromise and not a replacement for a full grammar checker API, but it's better then nothing (e.g. it would be powerful enough to find the then/than error in this sentence :-) XSpellAlternatives could be extended to know of a "grammar type error" and it could contain a small human-readable explanation of the error.
*** Issue 50453 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Added keyword.
An OOo plugin with some basic grammar checking is now available at http://www.danielnaber.de/languagetool/
If you're like me, your problem isn't as much *grammar* per se, as stylistic problems like run-on sentences, or too many sentences starting with "The," or unnecessary passive voice. Word and WordPerfect can check for these sorts of errors, but they would of course depend on the type of document (letter versus scientific report versus advertising versus fiction).
*** Issue 72048 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Please review and consider integrating Link Grammar http://www.abisource.com/projects/link-grammar/ and/or LanguageTool http://www.danielnaber.de/languagetool/ into OpenOffice. I feel that grammar checking are important part of OpenOffice and should not be an optional component. Please integrate them into the next version of OpenOffice. Thank you.
*** Issue 88589 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Tested on OOo-dev 3.2.0 DEV300m44. I was unable to check grammar despite "Check grammar as you type" option box was checked. Only spell checking is available.
Grammar check support is included in OOo since OOo 3.0.1. But grammar check needs the appropriate extension to be installed, just like spellchecker for "non-defaullt" languages. See http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/search/node/grammar for available ones. Set to fixed
OK in OOO310_m10. Closed.