OUTLOOK EXPRESS 6

[DEAN GARRISON]

HOW DO YOU TURN ON SPELL CHECKER WITHIN OUTLOOK EXPRESS 6?

 

[Raoul]

Click on TOOLS/OPTIONS/SPELLING

 

[Mary Sauer]

Gotta have an Office product that comes with the dictionary for it to work...
Otherwise look around on the net for a dictionary.

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[Norm]

To anticipate your next question "why is there not spelling tab", click on
help at the top of the screen, content and index, click the index tab and
enter spelling and read all about it.
Please do not post in uppercase, it is considered shouting.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

First of all, please unstick your CapsLock key. Posting in all
caps, as you have done, is the Usenet equivalent of shouting, and is
considered very rude. More importantly, posting in all caps makes the
post very hard to read, further reducing your chances of getting help.

Outlook Express, as you've just discovered, has no spell-checking
capabilities of its own. Instead, it relies upon the presence of
certain specific other Microsoft applications, such as the Office
Suite, Word, or the Works _Suite_ (which includes Word, not the
regular Works). There are also some 3rd-party shareware/freeware
solutions available at any of the many shareware sites on the Internet

Spell Magic seems well thought-of, though I haven't tried it myself:
http://www.alcodasoftware.com/spell-magic.htm.


Bruce Chambers

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[Ken Blake]

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HOW DO YOU TURN ON SPELL CHECKER WITHIN OUTLOOK EXPRESS 6?

First of all, please don't yell at us. We can hear you if you
type normally, in mixed case.

Neither Windows XP, nor any other version of Windows, has ever
come with a Spell Checking facility. Outlook Express uses the
spell checker that comes with Microsoft Word, (or another
Microsoft Office program) if you have it installed.

If you don't have Word or Office installed, you probably don't
have a spell checker. However there are several downloadable
freeware/shareware alternative spell checkers that work with
Outlook Express and Outlook. Since I have no personal experience
with any of these, I'll let someone else recommend one.

On the other hand, if a Microsoft Office component *is*
installed, try the instructions at
http://michaelstevenstech.com/spellcheck.htm