Hyphenation feature within Affinity Publisher 2.0 in the Dutch language.

[AvdB-Netherlands]

Can anyone tell me if the hyphenation feature within Affinity Publisher 2.0 works in the Dutch language? I occasionally get to see words on my screen, which are hyphenated, but are underlined in red.

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Kan iemand mij vertellen of de afbreekfunctie binnen Affinity Publisher 2.0 in de Nederlandse taal werkt? Ik krijg af en toe op mijn beeldscherm woorden te zien, die zijn afgebroken, maar die rood zijn onderstreept.

[MikeTO]

7 minutes ago, AvdB-Netherlands said:

Can anyone tell me if the hyphenation feature within Affinity Publisher 2.0 works in the Dutch language? I occasionally get to see words on my screen, which are hyphenated, but are underlined in red.

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Kan iemand mij vertellen of de afbreekfunctie binnen Affinity Publisher 2.0 in de Nederlandse taal werkt? Ik krijg af en toe op mijn beeldscherm woorden te zien, die zijn afgebroken, maar die rood zijn onderstreept.

Yes, but you'll need to install the hyphenation dictionary. If you're on macOS, the spelling dictionary is included with macOS but you have to install the hyphenation dictionary. If you're on Windows, you'll need to install both the spelling and hyphenation dictionaries. You can download the files from this page, read the instructions carefully because you must place the hyphenation dictionary into a folder you will create named nl_NL. Cheers.

 

[Bartd]

Here another despairing user (Publisher 2.3.1, MacOS 14.3.1).

What I tried to get hyphenation in Dutch working:

• downloaded the file hyph_nl_NL.dic.txt through the link on the FAQ page
• navigated to [user] > Library > Spelling
• created a new folder nl_NL
• moved het hyphenation file to this new folder
• restarted Publisher

Dutch still doesn't show up as an option for hyphenation. The Auto setting doesn't do the trick. What to do?

[walt.farrell]

6 minutes ago, Bartd said:

downloaded the file hyph_nl_NL.dic.txt through the link on the FAQ page

As mentioned on that FAQ page, you must download it in a way that gives you a .dic file, not a .txt file. I would download again, following the instructions more closely. (Possibly just renaming what you have would work, but I don't know.)

[v_kyr]

nl_NL\nl_NL.dic
nl_NL\nl_NL.aff
nl_NL\hyph_nl_NL.dic.txt  <--hyph_nl_NL.dic

[Bartd]

10 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

As mentioned on that FAQ page, you must download it in a way that gives you a .dic file, not a .txt file. I would download again, following the instructions more closely. (Possibly just renaming what you have would work, but I don't know.)

Thank you, Walt, this brought me one step closer. Dutch now shows as an option for hyphenation. But still my text is not hyphenated.

[Bartd]

6 minutes ago, v_kyr said:

nl_NL\nl_NL.dic
nl_NL\nl_NL.aff
nl_NL\hyph_nl_NL.dic.txt  <--hyph_nl_NL.dic

Thank you, Tiger. You're right, The .txt file was part of the problem. Fixing that, I got Dutch to be shown as an option for hyphenation. But my text doesn't get hyphenated. Moving the .dic and .aff files from Spelling to nl_NL didn't work for me either. 

[v_kyr]

11 minutes ago, Bartd said:

... But my text doesn't get hyphenated. Moving the .dic and .aff files from Spelling to nl_NL didn't work for me either. 

Look also carefully through this thread here, the last posts of MikeTo & Nick1984 (...the later is on Win too according to his shown screenshot) that may show you how to solve your problem ...

Aka ...

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I still had to check the Auto Hyphenation in the Paragraph panel box.

 

[walt.farrell]

36 minutes ago, Bartd said:

Thank you, Walt, this brought me one step closer. Dutch now shows as an option for hyphenation. But still my text is not hyphenated.

Have you enabled Automatic Hyphenation in the Paragraph panel or Paragraph Text Style? And if it's existing text, and you're not using a Text Style, have you selected the text and applied the Automatic Hyphenation setting to it?

[Bartd]

Auto-hyphenation in Paragraph solved my problem. Thank you both!