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Does anyone know of a third-party Latin spelling dictionary that could be used with MyInfo? Latin is not among the spelling dictionaries offered on the MyInfo website.

PS. I see there is a substantial Latin dictionary for OpenOffice by Karl Zeiler, but I don't have a clue how to convert it to make it work in MyInfo.

I think I found out how it works.
(My knowledge is based primarily on the first part of this article: https://code.google.com/p/texworks/wiki ... ctionaries)

1.
Download Karl Zeiler's Dictionary (extension) from here (and save it for example on your desktop):
http://extensions.openoffice.org/de/pro ... ctionaries

You get a file from the type oxt.
But for using in MyInfo you need the types .dic and .aff

Therefore convert it in the following way:
2.
a) Rename the downloaded .oxt file to .zip
b) Unzip it and search for the files la.aff and la.dic which are in the subdirectory called "la"

(There is also another dic.-file called hyph_la.dic in the subdirectory "hyph_la". I do not know if it is of importance too for the full use of the dictionary.)

3.
Copy la.aff and la.dic (if necessary hyph_la.dic too) into your folder "Dictionaries" of MyInfo
(In my case the path for this folder is: C:\Users\...[user name]\AppData\Roaming\Milenix\MyInfo\4\Dictionaries )

4.
Start MyInfo and click on Tools ---> Add-ons ---> tab "Dictionaries"
There you should find now the Latin Dictionary:



I hope that it works for you too.

A very belated thanks. I followed your instructions, and I now have a good Latin dictionary in MyInfo.

You are welcome. I am happy that it worked and that the dictionary is useful for you.