Update docs, second round

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Customisations
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.. _Enchant: https://abiword.github.io/enchant
.. _Free Desktop: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/dictionaries/tree/
There are a few ways you can customise novelWriter youself. Currently, you can add new GUI themes,
your own syntax themes, and install additional dictionaries.
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Spell Check Dictionaries
========================
novelWriter uses `Enchant <https://abiword.github.io/enchant/>`_ as the spell checking tool.
Depending on you operating system, it may or may not load installed spell check dictionaries.
novelWriter uses Enchant_ as the spell checking tool. Depending on you operating system, it may or
may not load installed spell check dictionaries.
Linux
On Linux, you generally only have to install hunspell or aspell dictionaries on your system like
you do for other applications. See your distro's documentation for how to do this.
you do for other applications. See your distro's documentation for how to do this. These
dictionaries should then show up as available spell check languages in novelWriter.
Windows
For Windows, English is included with the installation. For other languages you have to download
and add dictionaries yourself. You can find the various dictionaries on the
`Free Desktop <https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/dictionaries/tree/>`_ website. You should
find a folder for your language, if it is available at all, and download the files ending with
``.aff`` and ``.dic``. These files must then be copied to the following location:
and add dictionaries yourself. You can find the various dictionaries on the `Free Desktop`_
website. You should find a folder for your language, if it is available at all, and download the
files ending with ``.aff`` and ``.dic``. These files must then be copied to the following
location:
``C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\enchant\hunspell``
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`novelwriter/assets/themes <https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/tree/main/novelwriter/assets/themes>`_.
Remember to also change the name of your theme by modifying the ``name`` setting at the top of the
file.
file, otherwise you may not be able to distinguish them in :guilabel:`Preferences`.
For novelWriter to be able to locate the custom theme files, you must copy them to the
:ref:`a_locations_data` location in your home or user area. There should be a folder there named
``syntax`` for syntax themes and just ``themes`` for GUI themes.
``syntax`` for syntax themes and just ``themes`` for GUI themes. These folders are created the
first time you start novelWriter.
Once the files are copied there, they should show up in :guilabel:`Preferences` with the label you
set as ``name`` inside the file.