LanguageTool for LibreOffice

A proofreading add-on for English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Ukrainian and more languages

Note this repo is not actively maintained anymore. See https://writingtool.org for an alternative

Version 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-xx-yy)
Copyright (C) 2005-2024 the LanguageTool community and Daniel Naber (www.danielnaber.de)
https://languagetool.org

Requirements

• Java 8 or later
• For LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org integration:
  • LibreOffice 4.2.4 (or later) or
  • Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 (or later)

Usage

LibreOffice/OpenOffice

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.

License

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.