Spell checker problem

[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

 

[David H. Lipman]

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.

 

[Bruce Hagen]

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

Outlook Express 6 Newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress

 

[Nepatsfan]

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

 

[Alias]

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

 

[HeyBub]

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.

 

[Antares 531]

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

 

[Bruce Hagen]

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

Outlook Express 6 Newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress


MS Outlook newsgroups:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.General
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.configuration
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.installation
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.Contacts
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.Calendaring
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.Fax
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.interop
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.printing
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.Program_AddIns
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.Program_VBA
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.ThirdPartyUtil

Windows Live Mail desktop newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop

 

[Karl Snooks]

Nepatsfan,
Downloaded and am using Vampire....
Working fine. Thanks.
karl snooks

 

[rosebowl41]

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

 

[rosebowl41]

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

 

[rosebowl41]

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

 

[Anna]

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

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

 

[Bruce Hagen]

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

 

[D.]

i have major geeks spell check
and it works just fine .
dick

 

[rosebowl41]

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...

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

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

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

 

[Bob I]

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