Check spelling safely in FreeOffice PlanMaker with Hunspell

Quick answer

Use Review → Spell check for a manual pass through ordinary worksheet text. Review each proposed correction: an unfamiliar product code is not necessarily a typo. FreeOffice uses Hunspell dictionaries, not the premium SoftMaker dictionaries.

This workflow targets FreeOffice PlanMaker 2024 for Windows with the English ribbon and an already installed, enabled English Hunspell dictionary. The FreeOffice manual, pages 383–385, explicitly states the dictionary boundary and documents manual spell check. Sources were checked October 23, 2026. No installed build, dictionary response, application run or screenshot was verified here.

Check the prerequisite without changing setup

Proceed only if your existing spelling language and enabled dictionary are appropriate for this English exercise. Do not install dictionaries, enable extensions, change language settings or enable typing-time correction for it. If the dictionary is missing, disabled or uncertain, stop at this setup boundary. You can still compare the text manually with the expected results below, but that is not a successful Hunspell test.

A dictionary is a vocabulary aid, not a product catalogue. A real word can still be wrong in context, and a valid identifier can be absent from the dictionary. Automatic correction is a separate feature: the manual’s auto-correction section marks some functions, including common-typo auto-correction, unavailable in FreeOffice. This guide does not teach paid SmartText or promise that FreeOffice has all paid proofing features.

Create a small correction ledger

Start with two sheets named Labels and Archive in a disposable workbook. Enter the following on Labels. The backticks denote literal content or formulas, not characters to type.

Cell	Starting content	Intended final content
A1	Product code	unchanged
B1	Description	unchanged
C1	Units	unchanged
A2	BOX-QZ17	unchanged
B2	Blue notebok	Blue notebook
C2	4	unchanged
A3	FILE-XK04	unchanged
B3	Paper foldre	Paper folder
C3	2	unchanged
B5	Stationary order	unchanged in this spelling exercise
C5	=SUM(C2:C3)	unchanged; expected 6
B6	="notebok"	unchanged formula; expected displayed text notebok

On Archive, put Do not edit this sheet in A1 and Blue notebok in B2. Save labels-inputs.pmdx, then make a separate working copy named labels-checked.pmdx. Preserve the input copy.

The two approved text edits are B2 and B3 on Labels only. B5 deliberately illustrates a meaning problem: “stationary” is a correctly spelled word, but an order for writing materials would normally be “stationery.” Leave it for a separate editorial review rather than pretending a spelling pass guarantees the right meaning.

B6 is another deliberate control. The manual says cells containing calculations are skipped by spell check; this formula-generated typo therefore requires separate review. Do not change it to force the spelling exercise to look clean.

Run a cautious manual pass

1. Make Labels the current worksheet. Choose Review → Spell check. The manual describes this as a check of the current worksheet; merely selecting two cells is not a documented guarantee that only those cells will be checked.
2. When a misspelling corresponding to B2 or B3 is presented, inspect its context. Set Change to to notebook or folder, respectively, and use Change for the individual occurrence. A suggestion list is not guaranteed to contain the intended word; verify the replacement yourself.
3. If an unfamiliar identifier or another intentionally retained term is flagged, use Ignore for that occurrence. Do not use Add, which would permanently teach a user dictionary, or Ignore all, which could hide later occurrences you have not examined.
4. Avoid Change all: the manual describes it as affecting further instances across the document, a broader scope than this two-cell correction ledger. Use Close if you cannot establish which occurrence is being offered.

The order and number of alerts depend on the installed dictionary and existing configuration. These typos are test inputs, not a claim that every dictionary flags them. If either target is not presented, record the missing detection and check the actual cell text. Do not report the spelling workflow as passed simply because the dialog finished.

Compare exact changes and save the copy

After the pass, inspect both worksheets cell by cell against the ledger. The desired change set has exactly two entries: Labels B2 and Labels B3. Product codes must remain BOX-QZ17 and FILE-XK04; C2 and C3 must stay 4 and 2; C5 must still contain the SUM formula and display 6. B6 must still contain its formula and display notebok. Archive B2 must retain its original typo.

This control distinguishes a narrow correction from a global replacement. A total of 6 alone cannot reveal altered identifiers or an accidental edit on Archive. Conversely, passing a spelling check says nothing about whether 4 and 2 are correct business quantities.

Save, close and reopen the working PMDX yourself. Repeat the exact-text, formula and two-sheet checks. These are reader acceptance steps, not a native save/reopen result from this guide. The independent fixture check establishes the intended two-cell difference and 4+2=6, not which words Hunspell will recognize.

Troubleshooting

• Nothing is flagged: Check the actual text and current sheet first. The dictionary or language prerequisite may not be satisfied, or the dictionary may accept the term. Keep setup on hold rather than installing or changing settings for this exercise.
• A product code is flagged: Compare it with the original ledger, not a spelling suggestion. Ignore the occurrence if it is correct.
• A term is flagged again in a later session: Ignoring is temporary, not a permanent dictionary edit. Repeated prompts are not permission to add an identifier globally.
• Formula text remains misspelled: Formula cells are excluded from the documented spelling pass. Review generated labels separately without rewriting formulas blindly.
• Archive changed or more than two cells differ: Do not accept the output. Return to the preserved input copy and repeat individual corrections rather than trying to repair an unknown global replacement.
• Controls or labels differ: Confirm edition, platform and interface. This page does not establish macOS, Linux, mobile, classic-menu or paid PlanMaker 2026 parity.

For broader text replacement, read the edition notes in safe find and replace. That separate workflow is not a substitute for the bounded FreeOffice spell-check procedure here.