Download the required Spelling or Hyphenation dictionary. The downloaded file has an oxt extension (when downloaded from OpenOffice site). If you download it from a site other than OpenOffice, the extension can be different.
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Also Applies to Adobe InDesign
Support for Hunspell dictionaries in InDesign, which verify spelling and hyphenate words, extends the number of languages included with the product. Dictionaries for over 90 languages are available for integration at the Open Office website. Apart from Open Office, there are other sites that provide Hunspell dictionaries. You can download language dictionaries of your choice and add them to your product.
You can download Hunspell dictionaries from one of the following websites:
- Open Office dictionaries: http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/search?f[0]=field_project_tags%3A157
- Mozilla Firefox dictionaries: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/language-tools
Note:
Adobe recommends that you do not replace existing hyphenation/spelling dictionaries. If you replace existing hyphenation dictionaries, line breaks in the existing documents can change according to the new hyphenation dictionaries when you re-edit the document. Similarly, replacing existing spelling dictionaries with new ones and spell checking existing documents could show different results and suggestions.
If you must replace existing dictionaries, make a backup of the existing files so that you can revert to the original dictionaries, if necessary.
Add a Hunspell dictionary
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Change the filename extension to zip. For example, rename xyz.ext to anyname.zip.
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Extract the contents of the zip archive to a folder and locate an affix (.aff) file, a spelling dictionary (.dic) file or a hyphenation dictionary (.dic) file. Rename these files using the language ISO codes as given in the table below.
Language ISO codes are of the form: <ISO 639-1 language codes in lowercase>_<CountryCode in uppercase>. For example, English (United States) is en_US.
File type
Rename to
Example
aff file
<language ISO Code>.aff
en_US.aff
Spelling dictionary
<language ISO Code>.dic
en_US.dic
Hyphenation dictionary
hyph_<language ISO Code>.dic
hyph_en_US.dic
For a list of ISO 639-1 language codes, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes
For a list of Country codes, see http://www.iso.org/iso/country_names_and_code_elements
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Create a folder named <language ISO Code> in the Dictionaries folder, and copy these renamed files in it. Depending on the operating system, you can find the directory "Dictionaries" at the locations listed below.
InDesign version Platform Location of Dictionaries folder CC 2015.4 and later Windows (64 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC (64 bit)\Plug-Ins\Dictionaries\LILO\Linguistics\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin\Dictionaries Mac OS /Applications/Adobe InDesign CC/Resources/Dictionaries/LILO/Linguistics/Providers/Plugins2/AdobeHunspellPlugin.bundle/Contents/SharedSupport/Dictionaries ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CC (32 bit) Windows (32 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC\Plug-Ins\Dictionaries\LILO\Linguistics\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin\Dictionaries
Windows (64 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC (64 bit)\Plug-Ins\Dictionaries\LILO\Linguistics\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin\Dictionaries ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CC (64 bit) Windows (64 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC (64 bit)\Plug-Ins\Dictionaries\LILO\Linguistics\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin\Dictionaries Mac OS /Applications/Adobe InDesign CC/Plug-Ins/Dictionaries/LILO/Linguistics/Providers/Plugins2/AdobeHunspellPlugin.bundle/Contents/SharedSupport/Dictionaries
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CS6 Windows (32 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Adobe\Linguistics\6.0\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin\Dictionaries Windows (64 bit) Program Files(x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Linguistics\6.0\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin\Dictionaries Mac OS /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Linguistics/6.0/Providers/Plugins2/AdobeHunspellPlugin.bundle/Contents/SharedSupport/Dictionaries -
Add a string element with value <language ISO Code> in Info.plist to the Spelling Service and UserDictionaryService Element or HyphenationService element. Depending on the operating system and InDesign version, you can find the file Info.plist at the locations listed below.
InDesign version Platform Location of Info.plist CC 2015.4 and later Windows (64 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC (64 bit)\Plug-Ins\Dictionaries\LILO\Linguistics\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin Mac OS /Applications/Adobe InDesign CC/Resources/Dictionaries/LILO/Linguistics/Providers/Plugins2/AdobeHunspellPlugin.bundle/Contents/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC (32 bit) Windows (32 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC\Plug-Ins\Dictionaries\LILO\Linguistics\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin Windows (64 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC (64 bit)\Plug-Ins\Dictionaries\LILO\Linguistics\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC (64 bit) Windows (64 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC (64 bit)\Plug-Ins\Dictionaries\LILO\Linguistics\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin Mac OS /Applications/Adobe InDesign CC/Plug-Ins/Dictionaries/LILO/Linguistics/Providers/Plugins2/AdobeHunspellPlugin.bundle/Contents/
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CS6 Windows (32 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Adobe\Linguistics\6.0\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin Windows (64 bit) Program Files(x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Linguistics\6.0\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin\
Mac OS /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Linguistics/6.0/Providers/Plugins2/AdobeHunspellPlugin.bundle/Contents -
Restart InDesign.
Remove a Hunspell dictionary
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For removing a Hunspell dictionary from InDesign, go to the folder with name <language ISO Code> in the Dictionaries Folder. Delete the .aff file, spelling dictionary and hyphenation dictionary. The names of these files are listed below.
File type
Name format
Example
aff file
<language ISO Code>.aff
en_US.aff
Spelling Dictionary
<language ISO Code>.dic
en_US.dic
Hyphenation Dictionary
hyph_<language ISO Code>.dic
hyph_en_US.dic
Depending on the operating system, you can find the directory "Dictionaries" at the locations listed below.
InDesign version Platform Location of Dictionaries folder CC (32 bit) Windows (32 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC\Plug-Ins\Dictionaries\LILO\Linguistics\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin\Dictionaries
Windows (64 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC (64 bit)\Plug-Ins\Dictionaries\LILO\Linguistics\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin\Dictionaries ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CC (64 bit) Windows (64 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC (64 bit)\Plug-Ins\Dictionaries\LILO\Linguistics\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin\Dictionaries Mac OS /Applications/Adobe InDesign CC/Resources/Dictionaries/LILO/Linguistics/Providers/Plugins2/AdobeHunspellPlugin.bundle/Contents/SharedSupport/Dictionaries --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CS6 Windows (32 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Adobe\Linguistics\6.0\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin\Dictionaries Windows (64 bit) Program Files(x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Linguistics\6.0\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin\Dictionaries Mac OS /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Linguistics/6.0/Providers/Plugins2/AdobeHunspellPlugin.bundle/Contents/SharedSupport/Dictionaries -
From the Info.plist file remove the string element from the Spelling Service and UserDictionaryService Element and HyphenationService element. Depending on the operating system, Info.plist can be found at the mentioned below locations.
InDesign version Platform Location of Info.plist CC (32 bit) Windows (32 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC\Plug-Ins\Dictionaries\LILO\Linguistics\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin Windows (64 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC (64 bit)\Plug-Ins\Dictionaries\LILO\Linguistics\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC (64 bit) Windows (64 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC (64 bit)\Plug-Ins\Dictionaries\LILO\Linguistics\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin Mac OS /Applications/Adobe InDesign CC/Resources/Dictionaries/LILO/Linguistics/Providers/Plugins2/AdobeHunspellPlugin.bundle/Contents/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS6
Windows (32 bit) %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Adobe\Linguistics\6.0\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin Windows (64 bit) Program Files(x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Linguistics\6.0\Providers\Plugins2\AdobeHunspellPlugin\
Mac OS /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Linguistics/6.0/Providers/Plugins2/AdobeHunspellPlugin.bundle/Contents -
Relaunch InDesign.
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