Spell Checking Dictionaries
The Hunspell Spell Checker
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Download a spelling dictionary package that is compatible with the Hunspell checker (for example, from the OpenOffice.org website ). -
Unzip the dictionary package on the local computer. The package is a zip archive even if the file extension of the package is not .zip. -
If it is a new dictionary (not available as built-in dictionary in Oxygen), copy the .aff and .dic files to the spell subfolder ( .spell subfolder on Linux and Mac) of the Oxygen preferences folder. The preferences folder is found in [APPLICATION-DATA-FOLDER]/com.oxygenxml, where APPLICATION-DATA-FOLDER is: -
C:\Users\[LOGIN-USER-NAME]\AppData\Roaming on Windows Vista and Windows 7 -
[USER-HOME-FOLDER]/Library/Preferences on Mac OS X -
[USER-HOME-FOLDER] on Linux
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If it is an existing dictionary, copy the .aff and .dic files into the following folder: [OXYGEN-INSTALL-FOLDER]/dicts. -
Restart the application after copying the dictionary files.
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English (United States) dictionary -
English (United Kingdom) dictionary -
English (Canada) dictionary -
English (Australia) dictionary -
French (France) dictionary (Classique & Réforme 1990) -
French (Gascon) dictionary -
German (Germany) dictionary -
German (Austria) dictionary -
German (Switzerland) dictionary -
Spanish (Spain) dictionary -
Spanish (Catalan) dictionary -
Spanish (Galician) dictionary -
Spanish (Mexico) dictionary -
Italian (Italy) dictionary -
Dutch (Netherlands) dictionary -
Czech (Czech Republic) dictionary -
Greek (Greece) dictionary -
Hebrew (Israel) dictionary