Re: English Spell Checker Switched to French!
- From: "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <pdschmid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:04:51 +0000
Now I understand...You are talking about the Office Genuine Advantage thing...
> everything works fine now with the 2000 version proofing installed butI hear you, but there is nothing I can do about it :(
> again, i shouldn't have to fall back to an older version for it to work. if
> I'd not owned previous versions the spell checking portion of OE wouldn't
> work unless i wanted to use French, which unfortunately i do not.
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> > What do you mean with an authentication failure? When do you get the
> > message and what exactly does it say?
> >
> > > the only fix i have that works is to go all the way back to Office 2000
> > > premium and install the proofing portions of it then all checks out fine.
> > > without a doubt nobody who paid the price we did for 2007 should have to fall
> > > back on a 7 yrs old version of the software for a basic feature that SHOULD
> > > be included with the newest version. a bit ridiculous if i do say so myself.
> > I posted more info about this on http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
> > From there:
> > * Office 2007 is replacing the v.3 English Proofing Tools that
> > shipped in prior versions of Office with a new version (v.6). There are
> > a number of changes in this new version, but the one that is causing
> > this problem is that Outlook Express doesn't understand the new English
> > Proofing Tools. This is a problem because Outlook Express has never
> > shipped with its own proofing tools but has used the ones shipped by
> > Office.
> > * There are a few scenarios in which you won't run into this
> > problem:
> > o An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if
> > you don't manually uninstall the earlier version of Office.
> > o A configuration in which Office 2003 (or earlier) has not
> > been removed.
> > For example, I have Office 2003 still on both of my
> > computers, and I still have English in Outlook Express.
> > * The workaround for this problem is to install the English
> > dictionary from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to
> > install all of Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools
> > can be found in the Custom Install tree under 'Office Shared
> > Features|Proofing Tools|English'.
> >
> > Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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> >
> > > "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote:
> > >
> > > > OE cannot use the spell checker from Office 2007.
> > > > Office 2007 ships with a new version of the spell checking tools that
> > > > Outlook Express doesn't understand. The workaround to fix this is to
> > > > install the English dictionary from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There
> > > > should be no need to install all of Office just the dictionary. The
> > > > English Proofing Tools can be found in the Custom Install tree under
> > > > 'Office Shared
> > > > Features|Proofing Tools|English'.
> > > >
> > > > Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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> > > > http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
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> > > >
> > > > "Tom Lake" <tlake@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > > news:uIlmGawBHHA.1224@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> > > >
> > > > > "Milhouse Van Houten" <btvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > > > news:ue4Fb7tBHHA.4948@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > "Tom Lake" <tlake@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > > > > news:%23dN4vWtBHHA.4948@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > >>I just installed Office 2007 final and now my spell checker
> > > > > >> uses a French dictionary rather than English to check my
> > > > > >> spelling. Of course, since I type in English, most words are
> > > > > >> flagged as wrong. How can I get English back? It's not listed
> > > > > >> as a choice in Tools/Options/Spelling.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm so glad! I just posted this over in the OE group:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So, I had Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh installed, and all was
> > > > > > well: OE6 (XP SP2) saw Office's U.S. English proofing tools just fine.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I uninstalled the beta and installed Office 2007 final.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Since that time, the only language listed in OE is French, and indeed,
> > > > > > those are the only words it knows now.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've confirmed that the U.S. English proofing tools are installed and that
> > > > > > (as expected) they're the default in Word, where, BTW, English
> > > > > > spell-checking works fine.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So...is there perhaps a Registry entry I can check that tells OE where to
> > > > > > look for the proofing tools, or perhaps the languages?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Note that OE is not displaying any error when spell-checking, it just
> > > > > > obliviously thinks I'm French now and has that as the only choice of
> > > > > > language in Tools/Options/Spelling.
> > > > >
> > > > > Oops! I neglected to add that my case is the same as yours.
> > > > > Office 2007 works fine. It's Outlook Express that's stuck
> > > > > in French mode.
> > > > >
> > > > > Tom Lake
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
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