Lost Outlook Express Spell Check After Installing MS Office 2007

[Guest]

I installed MS Office 2007 Standard and everything works fine to include
Outlook. My wife uses Outlook Express, but after installng Office 2007, the
spell check no longer works in Outlook Express 6. Is there is a fix? My
operating system is Win XP Pro SP2.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Has the Language defaulted to French? If so, you can use a 3rd party
dictionary:

Spell Checker for OE 2.1
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952


TinySpell
http://www.tinyspell.m6.net/ (Checks the spelling as you type).

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[Elmo]

I installed MS Office 2007 Standard and everything works fine to include
Outlook. My wife uses Outlook Express, but after installng Office 2007, the
spell check no longer works in Outlook Express 6. Is there is a fix? My
operating system is Win XP Pro SP2.

Here are some links I found with a Google Groups search:

Spell Checker or Custom Dictionary Errors
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=178238

Spelling Checker Does Not Run on Message in Outlook Express 5 & 6
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=224176

Spelling and Grammar Options Not Available in Outlook Express 5
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=232950

OLEXP: Spelling Checker Canceled if VB 6 or Access 97 Running
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=282807

OLEXP: Err Msg: An Error Occurred While the Spelling Was ...
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=253351

Spelling Command Is Not Available in OE for Win XP 64-bit Edition
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308078

Restoring csapi3t1.dll file
How To: Fix spell checking in Outlook Express 6
http://www.tech-pro.co.uk/howto_010.html

Spell check not working in XP Outlook Express
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/spellcheck.htm

 

[Guest]

Will,
Thank you for your response. Yes, the language defaulted to French with no
other choices. I downloaded the first link from majorgeeks.com and it
installed, but that was all it would do. It was for OE 2.1 and I am using OE
6. When I went to prograns>spell check the only selection I had was to
uninstall. The second link tinyspell.m6.net would not open up. Any
suggestions?
Roger

 

[Guest]

Elmo,
Thanks, did you try "Method 2 "Download a copy of the file by clicking on
this link. Just run the downloaded file to install it into its usual
location?"
Roger

 

[Ricky]

This may help..
Courtesy of MVP Steve Cochran:

The spell checking is broken for OE with Office 2007. You have to install
the proofing tools for an older version of Office to get it working again.

See here for a workaround: Office 2007 RTM Issues:
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80