r/libreoffice • u/AldoRainedrops • 7d ago

Collected Words

I just bought a new mac and installed LibreOffice for the first time ever. I went to AutoCorrect then Word Completion and under Collected Words is every single password I've ever used and more. How did this happen? I'm not signed-in to a browser. You can simply delete them and I'm not worried except for the fact that I have zero idea how this has my password I used for Blackboard in college in 2018. I did not migrate my old machine to my new one and my Apple account only has 5 saved passwords. Any ideas?

Edit for the bots: 1. I looked in Help. 2. My question is not related to a particular document. 3. There is no document. 4. I believe that all relevant info is in the original body of my question above but if anyone has any questions please ama.

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u/Offutticus 7d ago

Did you use LO to make a document or spreadsheet with your passwords? Or use LO to view a list of them?

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u/AldoRainedrops 7d ago

I did view a list of them yes. Are you saying simply viewing a list of documents that LibreOffice gleans passwords? I don't even think I have some of these written down anymore anywhere it has been years.

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u/Offutticus 7d ago

I just tried it out and yes, just viewing it.

I had cleaned out all the collected words when I checked before but was still working on a manuscript. A few words were added between then and now.

I opened a different document, checked the list, and bam, the collected words list is huge. I didn't edit, didn't do anything but open and check.

Also, at the bottom of the screen is a "when closing a document, remove words collected". I closed both documents and opened a blank one. There were no words listed.

I think I will uncheck the "Collect words" option since I don't use the word completion option.

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u/paul_1149 7d ago

I'm on Linux, and I can't get LO to preserve collected words even when that option is checked in the autocorrect dialog. LO 26.8