Re: Spell checker problem

"Antares 531" <gordonlrATswbell.net> wrote in message
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I just went through the experience of a hard drive failure and when I got a new
hard drive installed and my system back alive I found that Outlook Express
won't do a spell check. The spell check function limits me to French only, and
since I don't know or use French this is of no benefit to me.

When I open Tools > Options then click on the Spelling tab I see the slot at
the bottom with the words French (France) in it. The drop-down for this slot
has no other languages listed.

The spell checker works okay in all my Office 2007 applicaitons, and it goes
through the process of doing a spell check in Outlook Express, but calls every
word misspelled because it doesn't match any words in the French spell checker
dictionary.

I'm using Windows XP Pro SP 2 and MS Office 2007 along with a few other
programs such as Adobe Photo Shop. All these programs seem to be working right
and Outlook Express works very well except for the spelling check problem.

Any suggestions? Thanks, Gordon


Outlook Express does not come with its own spell checker. It used the one
installed with Office. Unfortunately, Microsoft decided to remove this feature
starting with Office 2007. Take a look at these articles for more info;

After installing Office 2007 RTM, you don?t have English as a choice of language
in the spell checker of Outlook Express and potentially other programs.
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80

You no longer have spell checking capabilities in some languages in Outlook
Express 6.0 after you install the 2007
Microsoft Office system
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932974

If you upgraded from Office 2003 and still have the installation media for that
version the easiest solution to
this problem is to install the Office 2003 Proofing tools. That's how I got
around this issue. You will need to perform a custom installation. The Proofing
Tools can be found under Office Shared Features.

If you don't have an Office 2003 installation CD, here are a few free spell
checkers that you may find helpful.

Vampirefo Spell Check:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952

TinySpell:
http://www.tinyspell.m6.net/

Spell Checker for OE
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/spelloe.html

Spell Checker for OE 2.1
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952

If you're looking for more options or information, you might want to post this
question to the Outlook express
newsgroup.

Good luck

Nepatsfan


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