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[traceyad2032]

[I'm a Non-Technical End User] importing text content from Spanish Grammar Lessons extracted from windows help files that were created back in the late 1990's that have some type-o(s).

I am now trying to learn Spanish by myself. I downloaded the es_ALLv2.3 Spanish Dictionary some time ago for use in OpenOffice/LibreOffice and it works fine.

I would like to know how I can choose a basic Spanish dictionary (I am not concerned right now about regional differences).

I would like to use a singular dictionary-language-name... something like Spanish [ALL] (preferred use) or Spanish [Latin America] or something like that... Is this possible? Please advise. Thanks, Tracey For lack of knowing what to do, I just chose Spanish [Mexico] (circa USA), but whenever I do spell check I have to wade thru all the names of the Spanish countries to get to [Mexico]. This is not bad, but it is just a little time consuming.

[RickieES]

I'm not really sure what are you trying to accomplish. What do you mean by "basic Spanish dictionary". The dictionaries produced as part of this project are collection of words for spellchecker engines. In other words, if you are looking for a classical dictionary type of "Word: definition", you're not going to find that here.

If you're looking for a spellchecker dictionary that includes all terms, then es-ANY is what you're need. Also, if you have to wade thru all the Spanish countries, you're doing it in an application. Which one? LibreOffice?

[traceyad2032]

No, I do not want a dictionary definitions (my mistake). I want to add spell check functionality to OpenOffice. I have read that there are (regional / linguistic) differences in that Spanish countries. However, I just want basic/general Spanish spell check. It appears I have to choose a Spanish (country-name) for the paragraph language. I was hoping that I could choose something like [Spanish (Latin America)] or something similar (broad and basic), but I do not know if that is even feasible. Can Spanish (Latin America) even be an option? If not, can you suggest a Spanish (country-name) for basic/general Spanish spell check? Please advise. Thanks, Tracey Spanish teaching material (for English speakers) usually refers to Spanish spelling as Latin America or Spain.

[olea]

If not, can you suggest a Spanish (country-name) for basic/general Spanish spell check?

All the published dictionaries are fine for this as all share the common trunk source. Example: the main language dictionary of reference is the same for all Spanish speakers: http://dle.rae.es

So just choose your favorite country variant :)