Peter
Tue Jun 24 10:40:42 PDT 2008
Here is the answer from Bruce Hagen MVP OE
You no longer have spell checking capabilities in some languages in =
Outlook=20
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 =
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simplest way around this.
Some free spell check programs.
Vampirefo:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3D2952
TinySpell:
http://www.tinyspell.m6.net/ (Checks the spelling as you type).
Or from this blog:
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
After installing Office 2007 RTM, you don't have English as a choice of=20
language in the spell checker of Outlook Express and potentially other=20
programs.
a.. Office 2007 is replacing the v.3 English Proofing Tools that =
shipped=20
in prior versions of Office with a new version (v.6). There are a number =
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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. =
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is a problem because Outlook Express has never shipped with its own =
proofing=20
tools but has used the ones shipped by Office.
b.. There are a few scenarios in which you won't run into this =
problem:
a.. An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if you =
don't manually uninstall the earlier version of Office.
b.. A configuration in which Office 2003 (or earlier) has not been=20
removed.
For example, I have Office 2003 still on both of my computers, and I =
still have English in Outlook Express.
c.. The workaround for this problem is to install the English =
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from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all =
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Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in =
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Custom Install tree under Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English.
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Peter
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"Wayne" <Wayne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message =
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> the spell check in my outlook express only allows French as the =
language. =20
> Can this be corrected to allow the English language?
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> Wayne Bagley 404-558-3218