Recovered Spell Checker Dictionaries

The Journal uses Addictive Software’s Spell Checker and Thesaurus. Sadly, Addictive Software went away some years back. With the use of the Wayback Machine, tho, I have recovered the spell checker dictionaries.

Language Dictionaries

Afrikaans

Contributors: Peter van Lonkhuyzen | Johannes Pretorius | Addictive Software; Updated: March 24, 2006

American English

Contributors: Addictive Software; Updated: May 11, 2011

Australian English

Contributors: Addictive Software; Updated: May 11, 2011

Brazilian Portuguese

Contributors: Luiz Marques | Mauricio Longo | André Mendes | Addictive Software; Updated: May 5, 2004

British English

Contributors: Addictive Software; Updated: May 11, 2011

Bulgarian

Contributors: Contributors: ACTA Ltd. Sofia, Bulgaria; Updated: January 5, 2009

Catalan

Contributors: Robert Perelegre and Carlos Moreno Gil from ZICLOPE INGENIERIA INFORMATICA, SL; Updated: January 1, 2009

Czech

Contributors: Miloslav Skácel; Updated: August 15, 2001

Czech2 (s diakritikou) : Czech with national chars

Contributors: Marek Mikus; Updated: February 16, 2010

Czech3 (bez diakritiky) : Czech without national chars

Contributors: Marek Mikus; Updated: February 16, 2010

Danish

Contributors: Addictive Software | Aller Press A/S – Denmark; Updated: August 16, 2001

Dutch

Contributors: Paul Kavelaars | Carlo Kok | Peter van Meijel | Jeroen van Gorkum | Addictive Software; Updated: May 5, 2004

Estonian

Contributors: Ilmar Kerm; Updated: May 12, 2005

Finnish

Contributors: Verbix | Addictive Software; Updated: February 10, 2001

French

Contributors: Normand Peladeau | D C Al Coda | Laurent Pierre | Michel Burdin; Updated: May 28, 2002

German (new standard)German (old standard)

Contributors: Rainer Nausedat; Updated: May 15, 2001

Greek

Contributors: George Ioannidis; Updated: June 17, 2010

Hungarian

Contributors: Lajos Peti; Updated: March 8, 2002

Italian

Contributors: Danea Soft | Siade Consulting | Maurizio Ruggeri | Addictive Software; Updated: October 25, 2006

Norwegian

Contributors: HK-Data AS | Dag Pedersen | Addictive Software; Updated: June 27, 2005

Polish

Contributors: Marcin Frankowski | Chris Gallacher | Addictive Software; Updated: July 25, 2009

Portuguese

Contributors: Rui Menino | António Eduardo Marques | Addictive Software; Updated: March 24, 2006

Russian

Contributors: Ivan Tugoy | Lucky Tesseract | Lev Melnikovsky; Updated: February, 2001

Spanish

Contributors: D C Al Coda | Fabio A. Ardila M. | TimeMaker; Updated: October 1, 2010

Swedish

Contributors: Contributors: Addictive Software | Teknikhuset AB; Updated: February 10, 2001

Specialized Dictionaries

Technical

Words from mathematics, statistics, computing, accounting, and other scientific areas. Includes British and American English spellings.

Contributors: Addictive Software; Updated: August 15, 2005

Medical and Veterinary

Contributors: Brandon Clark | David Pater | Johannes Pretorius | Kestral | Addictive Software; Updated: August 9, 2019

Legal

Contributors: J. Peter Mugaas; Updated: December 14, 2003

King James Bible and Apocrypha

All words from the public domain version of the King James Bible and Apocrypha.

Contributors: Addictive Software; Updated: February 23, 2001

Latin

Contributors: D C Al Coda; Updated: May 23, 2001

Hebrew

Contributors: Amos Szust; Updated: November 23, 2007

Italian Medical

Contributors: Siade Consulting | Addictive Software; Updated: February 15, 2001

Russian Scientific

Contributors: Ivan Tugoy | Lucky Tesseract | Lev Melnikovsky; Updated: February 2001

Installation

Extract the dictionaries into the Dictionaries sub-folder where you installed The Journal.

The default path is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\DavidRM Software\The Journal 8\Dictionaries

For The Journal 7:
C:\Program Files (x86)\DavidRM Software\The Journal 7\Dictionaries

For The Journal 6:
C:\Program Files (x86)\DavidRM Software\The Journal 6\Dictionaries

For The Journal 5:
C:\Program Files\DavidRM Software\The Journal 5\Dictionaries

For The Journal 4:
C:\Program Files\DavidRM Software\The Journal 4\Dictionaries

For The Journal 3:
C:\Program Files\DavidRM Software\The Journal 3\Dictionaries

Updated: May 13, 2026 — 4:24 pm