Outlook Express Spell Check

[Guest]

In Outlook Express under Tools - Options, I don't even have the Spelling tab
to setup spell checks. I have Microsoft Works installed.
How can I get spell check to work again?

Thanks....

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Getting spellcheck to work in Outlook Express XP:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/spellcheck.htm

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


In Outlook Express under Tools - Options, I don't even have the Spelling tab
to setup spell checks. I have Microsoft Works installed.
How can I get spell check to work again?

Thanks....

 

[Ken Blake]

In Outlook Express under Tools - Options, I don't even have the
Spelling tab to setup spell checks. I have Microsoft Works installed.
How can I get spell check to work again?

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. Microsoft Works doesn't help (unless it's Works *Suite*, which
includes Word).

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.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

In Outlook Express under Tools - Options, I don't even have the Spelling tab
to setup spell checks. I have Microsoft Works installed.
How can I get spell check to work again?

Thanks....

Outlook Express has never had spell-checking capabilities of its
own. Instead, it relies upon the presence of 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.


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Bruce Chambers

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