Build a scientific names dictionary for LibreOffice

Posted by scrubs on Nov 3, 2012 10:53 AM EDT
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com; By Bob Mesibov
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LibreOffice only knows how to spell a few scientific names, and the more scientific names you use in a Writer document, the more your pages fill up with squiggly red underlining – indicating misspelled or unrecognised words (see main image). You can add scientific names to LibreOffice's spell checker using the application's spelling dialog box, but only one word at a time.

Is there an easier way? Yes. This article explains how you can save a lot of time and effort by adding hundreds of scientific names to the spell checker all at once.

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