WritingTool

WritingTool extends LibreOffice's text editing functionality with a writing assistant. It is designed for creating and editing extensive texts (e.g., for literature, science, and business). WritingTool offers the following functionality:

• Automatic style and grammar checking in the background, based on LanguageTool (25+ Languages):
  • The application runs on the local computer. Therefore, no remote server is required (the use of a remote server, including the LanguageTool Premium service, is still supported).
  • All rules that work at the full-text level are also supported across paragraph boundaries (e.g., opening and closing quotation marks are recognized even if they are more than one paragraph apart).
  • An internal caching mechanism is used, which significantly speeds up repeated work on long texts (checking unchanged texts does not have to be repeated, which is time-consuming. After loading a text that has already been checked once, all errors found are displayed almost immediately).
  • A configuration dialog allows users to make individual settings, for example:
    
    • Easily activate or deactivate optional rules
    • Easily deactivate or reactivate default rules
    • Define custom colors and styles for rule groups or individual rules
    • Change parameters for some special rules
    • Define profiles for checking different document types

• For manual checks, a separate WritingTool check dialog is available:
  • It is powerful and fast (It has been optimized for WritingTool's internal caching mechanisms).
  • Manual grammar and style checking of Impress and Calc documents using the WritingTool check dialog is supported.

• Statistical analysis of texts to obtain tips on improving writing style:

  • The extension offers the possibility of statistical analyses, such as frequently used words, filler words, etc. (currently only for some languages).

• AI support for automatic background checks, manual editing of paragraphs, creation of texts and illustrations (An AI server is required).

WritingTool works on the local computer by default. A network connection is not necessary. An AI server is required to use AI. However, WritingTool is optimized for use with local AI installations (for further background, see here). Optionally, access to a network server is supported for all functions.

If you have trouble with the installation, please see the requirements.

You can always get the latest version of this add-on at https://writingtool.org/writingtool/releases.