Go to
LibreOffice's GitHub page
.
Select the folder for the required language.
Select the file for the required hyphenation dictionary. Its name will be in the format hyph_xx_XX.dic, where xx_XX indicates the language's locale ID.
Depending on the file's size, you will see either a
Raw
or
Download
button. Hold
and click the button to download the hyphenation dictionary.
If your browser appends an additional file extension, e.g. .txt, to the download's name, remove that extension so the filename ends with .dic.
In Finder, hold
and select
Go>Library
.
Open the
Spelling
subfolder.
Create a subfolder and name it after the hyphenation dictionary's locale ID, i.e. where the dictionary's filename is in the format hyph_xx_XX.dic, the subfolder should be named xx_XX.
Place the hyphenation dictionary in the subfolder.
Quit and reopen Affinity Publisher.
In Affinity Publisher, select
Edit > Preferences
.
In the Preferences window, select
Tools
.
To the right of
Additional dictionary folder
, select
Open
.
Create a subfolder and name it after the hyphenation dictionary's locale ID, i.e. where the dictionary's filename is in the format hyph_xx_XX.dic, the subfolder should be named xx_XX.
Place the hyphenation dictionary in the subfolder.
Quit and reopen Affinity Publisher.
The newly installed dictionary is available in the
Hyphenation
pop-up menu in the
Character
panel's
Language
section.
