Axhill Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 On my Mac I would like to use a Dutch dictionary in Affinity Publisher for spelling checking. From an Affinity Publisher user with a PC (Windows 10) I got Hunspell language files, which can be found legally and for free on the internet. These are the files hyph_nl_NL.dic, nl_NL.aff and nl_NL.dic. In Windows 10 you have to place it manually in: C: \ Program Files \ Affinity \ Publisher \ Resources \ Dictionaries \ I can't figure out where that should be placed on the Mac. The Application Support folder seemed the right place to me, but I can't find any Affinity folder in it. There is a dictionaries folder in the Library, but doubt whether this is the right place. Has someone who works with a Mac already figured this out? Quote Don't believe everything you think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 It's covered in the FAQ, @Axhill: Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axhill Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 It turns out that you don't need the Hunspell files at all on your Mac! On your Mac, go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Text > and set Spelling to "Auto by Language". Then the spelling check just works fine in Affinity! For me the setting was of course "Nederlands" (Dutch), that's why it didn't work. Strange really ..? h_d 1 Quote Don't believe everything you think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimG Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 It simply does not work either way with Danish on Big Sur. Perhaps a change of permissions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 29 minutes ago, KimG said: It simply does not work either way with Danish on Big Sur. If you have the correct dictionaries installed, either in your MacOS installation, or in Affinity, and you properly specify the spelling language for Affinity to use, it should work. Without knowing more about your setup, it's hard to say more. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimG Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Also thanks here, for the welcoming attitude 🙂 - I responded and showed how I made it work here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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