abiword: how to change default language for new documents?

Question

In abiword, how can I set the default spell-check language for new documents to Spanish?

I'm running version 2.8.2 on Ubuntu/Gnome

Answer 1

You need to edit this file:

/usr/share/abiword-2.8/templates/normal.awt

Search for

lang:en-US

and change it to

lang:es-ES

You should see the new default language for new documents the next time you start Abiword.