Re: spell check
From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/23/04
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Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:20:34 -0600
"Grenadier" <Grenadier@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Nimai Sood's fix of inserting a new copy of the missing or corrupted
> csapi3t1.dll may not/will not work.
>
> It seems that all the website geeks also favour this csapi3t1.dll
> fix.
>
> Assuming Windows XP and Microsoft Office 97 is installed, then I
> suggest the following fix, that will work.
>
> Copy WINWORD from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office and insert into
> both C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof
> and
> C:\Program Files\Outlook Express
>
> WinWord contains a spell checker and dictionaries.
>
> If Microsoft Office is not available then use Google to download a
> Free Spell Checker.
>
> I have used a free spell checker from
> http://www.geocities.com/vampirefo/
> I think it was called OE 2.1.exe
>
> No offence Mimai.
>
> "Nimai Sood" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> To solve this problem, you need to obtain a copy of the missing file
>> csapi3t1.dll and place it in the folder "Program Files\Common
>> Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof". After have done this, you may need to
>> restart Windows. You should also verify that "Always check spelling"
>> is enabled in Tools, Options, Spelling.
>>
>> The missing csapi3t1.dll file is included with Windows XP, it simply
>> isn't installed by default. You can install it from the i386 folder
>> on your Windows XP CD. (If you don't have a Windows XP CD, your
>> computer manufacturer should have created an i386 folder somewhere
>> on your hard disk.)
>>
>> To use the version provided with Windows XP, click on Start, Run,
>> then type:
>>
>> expand d:\i386\csapi3t1.dl_ c:\csapi3t1.dll
>>
>> and click OK (if necessary, replace "d:\i386" with the true path of
>> your i386 folder.) A command window should flash up on your screen
>> and then vanish. Now look for the file in the C:\ root folder using
>> Windows Explorer, and move it to Program Files\Common
>> Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof using drag and drop. If you use this
>> method, be sure to get the filename correct (the end of the filename
>> is number three, letter T, number one.)
>>
>> If you can't find an i386 folder, you might find a copy of
>> csapi3t1.dll somewhere on your Microsoft Office CD. Copies may also
>> be extracted from the file mailnews.cab in an Internet Explorer 5.0
>> or 5.5 distribution set, the file win98_27.cab on a Windows 98 CD,
>> or the file Win_10.cab on a Windows Me CD.
>>
>> "louise" wrote:
>>
>>> i am helping someone who uses outlook express and he recently
>>> bought a dell computer that did not have office installed. his
>>> spell check program in outlook express was not available so i
>>> installed office xp. then outlook express would not open at all so
>>> i uninstalled office. i then installed only word. the spell check
>>> program is now available but when you try to use it, it says there
>>> was a spell check error. help please!!!! in case i have trouble
>>> navigating back here, feel free to email me at pythonsmom@aol.com
>>> many thanks. louise
That won't work.
CSAPI3T1.DLL must be in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof
Some people also need a copy of it in C:\Program Files\Outlook Express
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