Microsoft Vista Mail spell check not working

[dpacheco]

In Microsoft Vista Mail my spell check is not working. It was
previously on the standard toolbar but just disappeared. It is an
option when you click on the "tools" button on a new message.It will
run the spell check but it doesn't leave the red/green squiggly lines
to indicate that a word/grammer is incorrect although it did this
before.

When I go to add it to the toolbar again by clicking on the toolbar/
add or remove buttons/standard (in a blank message) it is not even
listed as an option to add. When I go to "tools/options/spelling" the
appropriate boxes are checked, the "auto correct" options are checked,
and the language, although it was originally English, was changed to
another language (followed by hitting "apply") then back to English
(followed by hitting "apply"). How do I get this to work again?

 

[Al]

Open a "new" e-mail note. Spellcheck symbol should be in the tool bar at the
top of the note. If not. right click on the tool bar then click on
"customize" . The right side shows symbols on the tool bar, the left side
shows the ones you can add. The grammer check question I'm not sure of I'm
thinking that will be a " preferences " setting. Can't help with that, sorry.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

The instantaneous red squiggly underline is available in the
newer Windows Live Mail, to which you are welcome to upgrade:
http://download.live.com/wlmail

It only checks spelling, not grammar. You would need Outlook if
you want grammar checked.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

OT: Since WLMail is not included in Vista by default but Windows Mail is,
why do you refer to WLMail as an upgrade of Windows Mail? Would "...you are
welcome to replace Windows Mail with WLMail" or "...you are welcome to
migrate to WLMail" be more appropriate?

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

I've explained this once before, but you may have missed it.
Windows Live Mail was specifically designed to automatically
import all WM accounts, settings, and emails. Yes, technically
it is not an "upgrade", but we are dealing mostly with
unsophisticated users here who fear that 'switching' to a
different email program is beyond their skillset.
The 'upgrade' moniker is less threatening.

 

[dpacheco]

Open a "new" e-mail note. Spellcheck symbol should be in the tool bar at the
top of the note. If not. right click on the tool bar then click on
"customize" . The right side shows symbols on the tool bar, the left side
shows the ones you can add.   The grammer check question I'm not sure of  I'm
thinking that will be a " preferences " setting.  Can't help with that,sorry.






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Yeah, I did actually try that but the spell check button is not even
on the list of available to choose from. It actually only shows up
when you go to a "new" email note and go to "toolbars." You can click
on it there but it can't even be found anywhere else. Any suggestions
for that? It was actually working yesterday but today, for some
reason, it has just decided not to show up.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Never underestimate the Great Unwashed, Gary. <eg> Thanks for your
viewpoint.

 

[Tom Koch]

Yes, that was very interesting. And I guess it shows that I've been away a
very long time. Here I was thinking "upgrade" implied "to something better".
Silly me!


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[Gary VanderMolen]

"Better" is a subjective judgment of quality or usefulness.
Many people think their upgrade from XP to Vista did not
result in "something better", yet it clearly meets the technical
definition of software upgrade.

 

[Steve Cochran]

You know better. "Upgrade" with MS usually doesn't mean better.

steve