English dictionary for preflight needs work

[sfriedberg]

I don't expect the standard dictionary to recognize limited technical vocabulary like "chiral", "achiral" or "dihedral", but the Affinity Publisher 1.9.1.979 preflight on Windows doesn't recognize "involutions", although it does accept "involution".  Worse, it judges "rotationally" and "lexicographically" as spelling mistakes, but accepts "rotationaly" and "lexicographicaly", which are simply incorrect.

What dictionary is being used, where is it installed, and what format is it in?  On Windows, the LibreOffice Writer spell checker is giving me slightly poorer results than the Affinity Suite.  The antique Corel Ventural Publisher 10 spell checker gives substantially better results than either, as it recognizes "dihedral", "rotationally" and "lexicographically", for example.

 

[walt.farrell]

They're using a Hunspell dictionary, but exactly which one depends on which version of English you've configured for your UI, or specified as the spelling language for a particular word in the Character panel or via the applied text style. And your Windows Region settings, and keyboard settings, have an effect I have not figured out yet.

The pre-installed dictionaries, if you purchased from the Affinity Store, are located in <install-directory>\Affinity\Publisher\Resources\Dictionaries but they will be in a different location if you purchased from Microsoft.

They might be using dictionaries from LibreOffice, but I haven't checked. The FAQ describes getting additional dictionaries from LibreOffice and tells you how to install them, if that helps:

 

[sfriedberg]

Thanks, Walt.