Re: English Spell Checker Switched to French!
- From: "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <pdschmid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:07:13 +0000
That's Her, there seams to be a glitch in the system.Yes, there is. According to that thing I am running a stolen copy of OneNote 2007 on my tablet. :( (mine is from MSDN, so 100% legitimate)
also you mentioned (elsewhere i believe it was) you ran a PC with both 2003Microsoft Update? Office Update? Yes, so far it seems they haven't put 2007 on the update list yet. I expect this will happen in December.
and 2007 full versions, i tried that as well and the update site only
recognized the 2003 installation when checking for updates.
the worst part of this whole ordeal was when i tried to uninstall 2007 i gotFor future reference: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/79
an error about some file was missing and i didn't have administrator rights
to the registry (which i most certainly do) and it 'rolled back' the
installation but then any time i opened IE7 i got an 'updating' box that
again came up with that same error finding a file and that i didn't have
administrator privileges. i spent the better part of yesterday installing
and uninstalling both versions of office trying to fix this and ended up
formatting the dang harddrive and loading everything all over
again......three times !!! trying to solve this screwed up issue.
It says Beta, but this should also work with RTM.
the total size of the proofing installation from 2000 is 25 meg, thereI agree. All I can say though is that Microsoft is aware of the problem and figuring out what to do. At the very least, you can expect a KB article on this issue in the future.
should be some simple download fix that doesn't require the installation of
the older version to get an English spell checking option.
Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote:
> Now I understand...You are talking about the Office Genuine Advantage
> thing...
>
> > > everything works fine now with the 2000 version proofing installed but
> > > 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.
> I hear you, but there is nothing I can do about it :(
>
> Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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> Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
> http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
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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]
> > > > --------------
> > > > http://pschmid.net
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> > > > Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
> > > > Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
> > > > http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
> > > > ***
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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]
> > > > > > --------------
> > > > > > http://pschmid.net
> > > > > > ***
> > > > > > Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
> > > > > > Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
> > > > > > http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
> > > > > > ***
> > > > > > Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
> > > > > > OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
> > > > > > ***
> > > > > > Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "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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