I have read a number of the threads and postings about this issue (the
automatic spell checker not working in Outlook 2003). I have Office 2007
Student/Home, and Outlook 2003 Professional. If Outlook 2003 requires the
same version of Word in order to have automatic spell checking enabled, then
Microsoft has really dropped the ball on this universally-used software, and
one of its central tools (automatic spell checking).

I have tried all of the suggestions in this forum (deleting registry keys
[couldn't find them in my setup], add-ins, copy/paste misspelled text from
Word 2007 into an Outlook 2003 email, etc.). Nothing has worked to
jump-start the automatic spell checker again in Outlook 2003.

If anyone has a solution to this problem, I would be most grateful for a
reply.

TIA,
Steve

"Steve Vincent" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have read a number of the threads and postings about this issue (the
> automatic spell checker not working in Outlook 2003). I have Office 2007
> Student/Home, and Outlook 2003 Professional. If Outlook 2003 requires the
> same version of Word in order to have automatic spell checking enabled, then
> Microsoft has really dropped the ball on this universally-used software, and
> one of its central tools (automatic spell checking).

Outlook has worked this way for over ten years, so it's not a secret. The
last version of Outlook that allowed using a different version of Word was
Outlook 97 or 98 (I forget which). Since Outlook 2000, Word and Outlook had
to be the same version for this type of feature to work.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Spell check on send and F7 should work - spell check as you type is not
available if you aren't using Outlook and Word installed from the same suite
because it requires word as your email editor. Spell check as you type is
not a feature available in older versions of Outlook when only outlook is
installed.
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/standalone.htm

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"Steve Vincent" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have read a number of the threads and postings about this issue (the
> automatic spell checker not working in Outlook 2003). I have Office 2007
> Student/Home, and Outlook 2003 Professional. If Outlook 2003 requires the
> same version of Word in order to have automatic spell checking enabled,
> then
> Microsoft has really dropped the ball on this universally-used software,
> and
> one of its central tools (automatic spell checking).
>
> I have tried all of the suggestions in this forum (deleting registry keys
> [couldn't find them in my setup], add-ins, copy/paste misspelled text from
> Word 2007 into an Outlook 2003 email, etc.). Nothing has worked to
> jump-start the automatic spell checker again in Outlook 2003.
>
> If anyone has a solution to this problem, I would be most grateful for a
> reply.
>
> TIA,
> Steve

Hey Steve,

I'm with you. This requiring of the same versions is crap. Outlook is
useless. Even when I perform a manual spellcheck, it doesn't bother to
correct misspelled words. Again, useless.

Thanks to Microsoft, I look like an ignoramus in all of my work emails. I
now have to pre-type my emails in Word, spellcheck, and copy/paste the
message to Outlook. Love it when software makes extra work in a job where I
already have a thousand things to do in a day.

Would it be so hard for Microsoft to design a patch to address this
oversight?

Have I mentioned Outlook is useless?

I have been urging my company to utilize Google's gmail for their email
uses, because it's free AND my internet browser bothers to spellcheck. Why
does my internet browser make it easier to spellcheck than Outlook, which I
pay good money for?

Oh, just for the record, Microsoft Outlook is USELESS.

Brenda



"Steve Vincent" wrote:

> I have read a number of the threads and postings about this issue (the
> automatic spell checker not working in Outlook 2003). I have Office 2007
> Student/Home, and Outlook 2003 Professional. If Outlook 2003 requires the
> same version of Word in order to have automatic spell checking enabled, then
> Microsoft has really dropped the ball on this universally-used software, and
> one of its central tools (automatic spell checking).
>
> I have tried all of the suggestions in this forum (deleting registry keys
> [couldn't find them in my setup], add-ins, copy/paste misspelled text from
> Word 2007 into an Outlook 2003 email, etc.). Nothing has worked to
> jump-start the automatic spell checker again in Outlook 2003.
>
> If anyone has a solution to this problem, I would be most grateful for a
> reply.
>
> TIA,
> Steve

"Brenda D." <Brenda D.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:40705D57-EC46-421A-B080-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hey Steve,
>
> I'm with you. This requiring of the same versions is crap. Outlook is
> useless. Even when I perform a manual spellcheck, it doesn't bother to
> correct misspelled words. Again, useless.
>
> Thanks to Microsoft, I look like an ignoramus in all of my work emails.

No, it's thanks to your ignorance. LEARN TO SPELL.

"Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> No, it's thanks to your ignorance. LEARN TO SPELL.

Harsh!
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"Brenda D." <Brenda D.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:40705D57-EC46-421A-B080-(E-Mail Removed)...

> I'm with you. This requiring of the same versions is crap. Outlook is
> useless. Even when I perform a manual spellcheck, it doesn't bother to
> correct misspelled words. Again, useless.

There are several factors at play and you haven't stated which ones fit your
situation. The version of Outlook is a big factor, as is the type of
spell-check (manual or automatic) you're attempting to use.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>> No, it's thanks to your ignorance. LEARN TO SPELL.
>
> Harsh!

But true.....

Why didn't you install Outlook 2007 with the rest of the 2007
applications in the suite?

Brenda D. wrote:

> Hey Steve,
>
> I'm with you. This requiring of the same versions is crap. Outlook is
> useless. Even when I perform a manual spellcheck, it doesn't bother to
> correct misspelled words. Again, useless.
>
> Thanks to Microsoft, I look like an ignoramus in all of my work emails. I
> now have to pre-type my emails in Word, spellcheck, and copy/paste the
> message to Outlook. Love it when software makes extra work in a job where I
> already have a thousand things to do in a day.
>

"Bob I" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...

> Why didn't you install Outlook 2007 with the rest of the 2007 applications
> in the suite?

Not possible if they installed Office 2007 Home and Student Edition. That's
what the OP did and perhaps Brenda did also.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]