Spell checker problem

[Guest Antares 531]

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

[Guest David H. Lipman]

Re: Spell checker problem

 

From: "Antares 531" <gordonlrATswbell.net>

 

| 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

|

 

I don't believe the Spell Checker that comes with Office 2007 is compatible with OE6.

 

You'll need a third party utility.

 

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[Guest Bruce Hagen]

Re: Spell checker problem

 

Crossposted to OE General newsgroup.

 

Apparently. Office 2007 is new to your system.

 

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

 

Office 2007 breaks OE's spell check. Downloading a free spell check is the

simplest way around this.

 

Vampirefo:

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

 

TinySpell:

http://www.tinyspell.m6.net/ (Checks the spelling as you type).

 

Australian English Spell Check

(Also suitable for other English speaking countries.)

http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oespellcheck/

 

If you have a previous version of Office, see this:

http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20061228.htm

 

Outlook Express General Newsgroup:

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

 

Outlook Express 6 Newsgroup:

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress

--

Bruce Hagen

MS-MVP Outlook Express

Imperial Beach, CA

 

 

"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

>

[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: Spell checker problem

 

"Antares 531" <gordonlrATswbell.net> wrote in message

news:%2327QmxLcIHA.4312@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>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

[Guest Alias]

Re: Spell checker problem

 

Antares 531 wrote:

> 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

>

>

 

Yeah, http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird

 

It comes with an excellent spell check, junk mail filter and it's free.

Outhouse Distress is no longer being supported by Microsoft so either

use the Outlook if it came with Office 07 or Thunderbird, both of which

will be supported in the future. Thunderbird will import everything from

OE if you elect for it to do so during the installation.

 

Alias

[Guest HeyBub]

Re: Spell checker problem

 

Alias wrote:

>>

>> Any suggestions? Thanks, Gordon

>>

>>

>

> Yeah, http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird

>

> It comes with an excellent spell check, junk mail filter and it's

> free. Outhouse Distress is no longer being supported by Microsoft so

> either use the Outlook if it came with Office 07 or Thunderbird, both

> of which will be supported in the future. Thunderbird will import

> everything from OE if you elect for it to do so during the

> installation.

 

Thunderbird will give your cat warts. If you don't have a cat, you should be

okay.

[Guest Antares 531]

Re: Spell checker problem

 

 

"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@SBXXXIX.com> wrote in message

news:%23zwVX4LcIHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> "Antares 531" <gordonlrATswbell.net> wrote in message

> news:%2327QmxLcIHA.4312@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>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

>

Thanks to all who responded. I guess it's time to discard Outlook Express

and try to adapt to Outlook. I am wondering if I can import my Outlook

Express messages/address book into Outlook for a trial run and still use

Outlook Express if for some reason I don't want to stay with Outlook. In

other words, will importing these into Outlook also delete them from Outlook

Express? Gordon

[Guest Bruce Hagen]

Re: Spell checker problem

 

 

 

"Antares 531" <gordonlrATswbell.net> wrote in message

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>

> "Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@SBXXXIX.com> wrote in message

> news:%23zwVX4LcIHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> "Antares 531" <gordonlrATswbell.net> wrote in message

>> news:%2327QmxLcIHA.4312@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>>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

>>

> Thanks to all who responded. I guess it's time to discard Outlook Express

> and try to adapt to Outlook. I am wondering if I can import my Outlook

> Express messages/address book into Outlook for a trial run and still use

> Outlook Express if for some reason I don't want to stay with Outlook. In

> other words, will importing these into Outlook also delete them from

> Outlook Express? Gordon

>

 

 

 

I have used the Vampirefo spell check for years. It works just fine. There

may be plenty of other reasons to abandon OE, but IMHO, don't just base it

on a spell check.

 

Messages remain in Outlook Express when you move them to another program.

 

Import your messages or account from Outlook Express to Outlook.

 

Applies to: Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA100799191033.aspx

 

Applies to: Microsoft Office Outlook 2002 & 2003

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA010943871033.aspx

 

Import your messages or account from Outlook to Outlook Express:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA010943881033.aspx

 

There is the option of Windows Live Mail as well.

 

Windows Live Mail (Overview & Features):

http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

 

 

For the best information, please ask in the newsgroup for the specific

program.

 

Outlook Express General Newsgroup:

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

 

Outlook Express 6 Newsgroup:

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress

 

 

MS Outlook newsgroups:

 

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.General

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.configuration

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.installation

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.Contacts

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.Calendaring

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.Fax

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.interop

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.printing

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.Program_AddIns

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.Program_VBA

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.ThirdPartyUtil

 

Windows Live Mail desktop newsgroup:

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop

--

Bruce Hagen

MS-MVP Outlook Express

Imperial Beach, CA

[Guest Karl Snooks]

Re: Spell checker problem

 

Nepatsfan,

Downloaded and am using Vampire....

Working fine. Thanks.

karl snooks

"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@SBXXXIX.com> wrote in message

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> "Antares 531" <gordonlrATswbell.net> wrote in message

> news:%2327QmxLcIHA.4312@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>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

>

>

[Guest rosebowl41]

RE: Spell checker problem

 

 

 

"Antares 531" wrote:

> 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

>

>

>

[Guest rosebowl41]

RE: Spell checker problem

 

 

 

"Antares 531" wrote:

> 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

>

>

>

[Guest rosebowl41]

RE: Spell checker problem

 

What did you finally use for the best results??? Thanks....

 

"Antares 531" wrote:

> 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

>

>

>

[Guest Anna]

Re: Spell checker problem

 

 

"rosebowl41" <rosebowl41@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:07D3A6F4-7596-4137-ACD9-4E653B781D8B@microsoft.com...

> What did you finally use for the best results??? Thanks....

>

> "Antares 531" wrote:

>

>> 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

 

 

Gordon & rosebowl41...

It's really an incredible situation. The problem is well-known and stems

from the fact in that the problem arises after the user installs the MS

Office 2007 program and continues to use Outlook Express as his/her mail

program. Now the user finds that the spell check function in OE brings up a

French dictionary (although I have heard of at least one user who reported a

German dictionary!) so that the spell check function in OE becomes useless

for English-speaking users.

 

There's been a whole series of articles published on the net re this problem

and all sorts of explanations as to why MS has failed to correct this

situation knowing full well the problem exists.

 

In any event, the common workaround that many, if most users have found is

to use a (free) third-party spell checking program (in English!) - Spell

Checker for OE 2.1. (There are others). It seems to work fine based on the

experience I & others have had with it. A fair number of websites carry the

program for download - one of them being...

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952 which seems to be a reliable

source.

Anna

[Guest Bruce Hagen]

Re: Spell checker problem

 

 

"rosebowl41" <rosebowl41@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>

>

> "Antares 531" wrote:

>

>> 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

>>

>>

 

 

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

 

Office 2007 breaks OE's spell check. Downloading a free spell check is the

simplest way around this.

 

Vampirefo:

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

 

TinySpell:

http://www.tinyspell.m6.net/ (Checks the spelling as you type).

 

Australian English Spell Check

(Also suitable for other English speaking countries.)

http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oespellcheck/

 

If you have a previous version of Office, see this:

http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20061228.htm

--

Bruce Hagen

MS-MVP Outlook Express

Imperial Beach, CA

[Guest D.]

Re: Spell checker problem

 

i have major geeks spell check

and it works just fine .

dick

"rosebowl41" <rosebowl41@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:EF2586D6-BF78-43A1-AD49-A35D013C6B47@microsoft.com...

>

>

> "Antares 531" wrote:

>

>> 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

>>

>>

>>

[Guest rosebowl41]

Re: Spell checker problem

 

Thanks to you and the others for your prompt replies. It boggles the mind

that Microsoft appears unable or unwilling to do anything about this problem!

Have a good day...

 

"Anna" wrote:

>

> "rosebowl41" <rosebowl41@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:07D3A6F4-7596-4137-ACD9-4E653B781D8B@microsoft.com...

> > What did you finally use for the best results??? Thanks....

> >

> > "Antares 531" wrote:

> >

> >> 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

>

>

> Gordon & rosebowl41...

> It's really an incredible situation. The problem is well-known and stems

> from the fact in that the problem arises after the user installs the MS

> Office 2007 program and continues to use Outlook Express as his/her mail

> program. Now the user finds that the spell check function in OE brings up a

> French dictionary (although I have heard of at least one user who reported a

> German dictionary!) so that the spell check function in OE becomes useless

> for English-speaking users.

>

> There's been a whole series of articles published on the net re this problem

> and all sorts of explanations as to why MS has failed to correct this

> situation knowing full well the problem exists.

>

> In any event, the common workaround that many, if most users have found is

> to use a (free) third-party spell checking program (in English!) - Spell

> Checker for OE 2.1. (There are others). It seems to work fine based on the

> experience I & others have had with it. A fair number of websites carry the

> program for download - one of them being...

> http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952 which seems to be a reliable

> source.

> Anna

>

>

>

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: Spell checker problem

 

You no longer have spell checking capabilities in some languages in OE6

after you install Office 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932974

 

[More discussion: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80]

 

The spell checker in Office 2007 is not compatible with OE6. Try one of

these free spell checkers instead:

 

Vampirefo's Spell Checker for OE 2.x

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

 

TinySpell (checks spelling as you type)

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

 

Australian English Spell Check

(Also suitable for other English speaking countries.)

http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oespellcheck/

 

If you have an earlier version of Office available as well, see:

http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20061228.htm

--

OE-specific newsgroup:

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

 

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

 

rosebowl41 wrote:

> What did you finally use for the best results??? Thanks....

>

> "Antares 531" wrote:

>

>> 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

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Spell checker problem

 

What, and get sued again for pushing out the little guy?

 

rosebowl41 wrote:

> Thanks to you and the others for your prompt replies. It boggles the mind

> that Microsoft appears unable or unwilling to do anything about this problem!

> Have a good day...

>

> "Anna" wrote:

>

>

>>"rosebowl41" <rosebowl41@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>news:07D3A6F4-7596-4137-ACD9-4E653B781D8B@microsoft.com...

>>

>>>What did you finally use for the best results??? Thanks....

>>>

>>>"Antares 531" wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>>>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

>>

>>

>>Gordon & rosebowl41...

>>It's really an incredible situation. The problem is well-known and stems

>>from the fact in that the problem arises after the user installs the MS

>>Office 2007 program and continues to use Outlook Express as his/her mail

>>program. Now the user finds that the spell check function in OE brings up a

>>French dictionary (although I have heard of at least one user who reported a

>>German dictionary!) so that the spell check function in OE becomes useless

>>for English-speaking users.

>>

>>There's been a whole series of articles published on the net re this problem

>>and all sorts of explanations as to why MS has failed to correct this

>>situation knowing full well the problem exists.

>>

>>In any event, the common workaround that many, if most users have found is

>>to use a (free) third-party spell checking program (in English!) - Spell

>>Checker for OE 2.1. (There are others). It seems to work fine based on the

>>experience I & others have had with it. A fair number of websites carry the

>>program for download - one of them being...

>>http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952 which seems to be a reliable

>>source.

>>Anna

>>

>>

>>