A proofreading add-on for English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Ukrainian and more languages
Version 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-xx-yy)
Copyright (C) 2005-2024 the LanguageTool community and Daniel Naber (www.danielnaber.de)
https://languagetool.org
To integrate LanguageTool into LibreOffice or OpenOffice.org, you can use two methods:
Double-click LanguageTool-6.4.oxt. The extension should
start installing. Follow the on-screen instructions.
If the above method doesn't work, call Tools > Extension Manager > Add... in LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org and browse for the
LanguageTool-6.4.oxt file.
Close and restart LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org Writer. Type text with an error, e.g. "Feel tree to do so." - make sure the text language is set to English for this example.
You should see a blue underline under the word "tree" after about a second. Opening the context menu with the right mouse button on that word offers you a short description of the error and a correction ("free").
NOTE: If you run into trouble, you might want to try using the embedded support for LanguageTool that was added in LibreOffice 7.4: https://forum.languagetool.org/t/new-libreoffice-7-4-languagetool-remote-grammar-checker/8187/2
If you are using LibreOffice and you want to check English or Russian texts:
Use Options -> Language Settings -> Writing Aids -> Edit... in the
Tools menu to disable LightProof and enable LanguageTool for English.
Note that there will also be a new menu item "LanguageTool"
under the Tools menu.
If the native spelling and grammar dialog doesn't check grammar,
make sure that the check box Check Grammar is checked in it
(if the window closes because of no mistakes in the document,
simply make any spelling mistake to make it open for a longer
time, and check the box). Check also if LanguageTool is visible
under Grammar in Tools > Options > Language Settings > Spelling
for your language. Note: you can disable the grammar check without
uninstalling LanguageTool simply by clearing the check box next to
LanguageTool in the same dialog.
Please see https://www.languagetool.org/issues/ if you experience problems.
Unless otherwise noted, this software is distributed under the LGPL, see file COPYING.txt
See https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool/blob/master/languagetool-standalone/README.md#license for detailed license information.