Solution for Scribus Hyphenation Issues (Lubuntu 24.04)

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mpalma61

Hi everyone, 
 I also had issues with hyphenation in Scribus documents. I spent hours searching for fixes to Scribus' 'problem', only to discover it's not a software bug—it's about language settings at both the system level and within Scribus styles. 
   
 My setup: Lubuntu 24.04 (Spanish-Argentina locale). 
   
 Steps that worked for me: 
 1. System Language: Verified that my system dictionaries were incomplete. Installed the full Spanish-Argentina dictionaries via Lubuntu's language settings. 
 2. Scribus Preferences: In Scribus, went to File  Preferences  Language Handling → Set default language to Spanish-Argentina. 
 3. Text Styles: Opened the Style Editor (Edit  Styles) → Assigned Spanish-Argentina to every text style used in the document. 
 4. Apply & Close: Clicked Apply  OK, closed the Style Editor, then selected all text (Ctrl+A). 
   
Result: Hyphenation worked instantly across all paragraphs!
Scribus requires consistent language settings in both Preferences AND individual text styles. Hope this saves others the headache!