Installation

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The guide below assumes you have LibreOffice installed and has been tested with LO 6.4.5 on macOS Catalina and Windows 10.

Install a Russian dictionary

  1. With LibreOffice installed, download the Russian Spelling and Grammar dictionary from here (v. 0.4.5 at the time of writing this guide).
  2. Double-click the downloaded file and a window will open for you to install the extension on your machine.
  3. Once installed, you will be prompted to restart LibreOffice. Do so.

Allow macros

  1. In the LibreOffice preferences, select 'Security' > 'Macro Security'.
  2. If using, macOS, select 'Medium' and click OK. If using Windows 10, you will need to select 'Low'.

Install the template

  1. Get the latest version of the tool from the release page.
  2. From the LibreOffice Writer menu, select 'File' > 'Templates' > 'Manage'.
  3. On the Documents tab, click 'Import'.
  4. Browse to the downloaded Spotlight Prep.ott template and click 'Open'.

Install the word list

  1. Double-click on the Spotlight Prep.ott file to open a new prep sheet or open it from the template manager.
  2. Click on the 'Update' button on the Spotlight toolbar and wait for the message that says: 'The word list has been updated. Please restart LibreOffice.' (If you are using Windows and do not receive this message, double-check you have set you macro security level to 'Low').
  3. Make sure all documents are closed and then quit LibreOffice.

Testing the word list has been installed correctly

  1. Open this WordlistTest.odt document.
  2. From the main menu in LibreOffice Writer, select 'Tools' > 'Spelling...'.
  3. Click 'Options'.
  4. Make sure that 'Spotlight [Russian] is checked in the user-defined dictionaries list.
  5. Click 'OK' and 'Close'.
  6. Highlight the test paragraph and then go back to 'Tools' > 'Spelling...'. Make sure the 'Text Language' dropdown is set to Russian.
  7. Close the Spelling window and ensure 'Tools' > 'Automatic Spell Checking' is ticked.
  8. If all went well you will see exactly two words underlined in the test paragraph and you can proceed with confidence.

Usage

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