Add an Australian dictionary

[Garry Gannell]

Hello,

I have tried to follow some of the earlier posts but they just don't seem to make sense to me. 

I wish to add an Australian dictionary to my Affinity Publisher.

Can this be done? How?

Many thanks

Garry

[Pšenda]

 

 

[Garry Gannell]

Thanks. Yes, I read this, but it doesn't make much sense to me, as when I searched the web for Hunspell Australian Dictionary, I get messages about using  a package manager like aptitude or synaptic - reading about these it difficult to follow, and I don't want to install something I don't understand. Is there an easier way for computer users, as opposed to computing scientists? 

[Pšenda]

en-au.txt
en-au.dic
en-au.aff

[Alfred]

8 minutes ago, Garry Gannell said:

I get messages about using  a package manager like aptitude or synaptic

Those package managers are for Linux and FreeBSD, so they’re not relevant for apps such as those in the Affinity suite that only run on Mac, Windows or iPad.

The OpenOffice English dictionaries can be found here, but I see that @Pšenda attached copies of the en_AU files while I was typing.

[Pšenda]

5 minutes ago, Alfred said:

Those package managers are for Linux and FreeBSD, so they’re not relevant for apps such as those in the Affinity suite that only run on Mac, Windows or iPad.

This is exactly the reason why I wrote to @MEB a request to create a forum for the location of functional dictionaries, so that every inexperienced user would not have to bother with it again and again. Unfortunately, there was no reaction to this - both on the part of Serif and other users, so they have to search and download it themselves 😞

 

[walt.farrell]

3 hours ago, Garry Gannell said:

Thanks. Yes, I read this, but it doesn't make much sense to me, as when I searched the web for Hunspell Australian Dictionary, I get messages about using  a package manager like aptitude or synaptic - reading about these it difficult to follow, and I don't want to install something I don't understand. Is there an easier way for computer users, as opposed to computing scientists? 

You don't need to "search the web" to find that dictionary. The dictionary site that the FAQ points to has it, in the "en" directory. Look at the en-AU entries. (You'll probably also need to take a copy of the en-US or en-GB hyphenation dictionary and rename it to en-AU if you want hyphenation to work.

[Garry Gannell]

13 hours ago, Pšenda said:

en-au.txt 2.21 kB · 1 download
en-au.dic 606.4 kB · 0 downloads
en-au.aff 36.59 kB · 0 downloads

 

[Garry Gannell]

Thanks to everyone who replied. The original FAQ post makes sense now, but I needed the extra help from  Pšenda, who posted the actual files I needed. These files are somewhat buried on the link provided in the FAQ post, but even so, I do appreciate Serif's work in maintaining and responding to users questions - this compares very favourably  with my experiences with other software companies - and the user community here is brilliant! I can now publish with more confidence - my spelling accurately reflects my location.  Cheers!