Issue 97511 - Adding words to spell-check dictionary is unintuitive
Summary: Adding words to spell-check dictionary is unintuitive
Status: UNCONFIRMED
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Product: ui
Classification: Code
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOO300m9
Hardware: PC All
: P3 Trivial with 2 votes (vote)
Target Milestone: AOO PleaseHelp
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Reported: 2008-12-22 17:47 UTC by endolith
Modified: 2013-02-07 22:42 UTC (History)
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Description endolith 2008-12-22 17:47:41 UTC
In Calc, if there is a word improperly marked as a misspelling, I want to add it
to the dictionary so the false positive doesn't show up anymore.  I right-click
the word and click "Add".  It pops out a menu with several options:

    soffice.dic
    sun.dic
    IgnoreAllList
    standard.dic

I am a technical user, and I have no idea which option I should select.  A
non-technical user would just be lost.

Instead, the context menu action should be more explicit, like "Add to
dictionary" or "Word is spelled correctly" or "Not a misspelling".  

If there is only one logical choice for the dictionary, then there should be no
sub-menu.  Clicking "Add to dictionary" should just add it to the user's custom
dictionary.

If there is a choice to be made, it should be stated in a clear way.  If there's
a difference between a user's custom dictionary and the system-wide custom
dictionary, for instance, the sub-menu choices could be phrased as "Add to my
dictionary" and "Add to dictionary for all users".
Comment 1 eric.savary 2009-01-11 23:54:46 UTC
Reassigned