Outlook 2003 spelkl check does not ignore original message

[John]

I am using Outlook 2003 and Word as my email editor. I have "ignore
original message text in reply or forward" selected on the Spelling
tab. I have "Include and indent original message" selected for both
replying and forwarding messages (not the "prefix each line"
selection). Every email I send or forward the spell checker checks the
original message before even checking my message. I cannot get it to
ignore the original. I have tried all the selections of "including the
original message" in the body for both replying and forwarding and
nothing changes the spell checker - it still checks the original
message. It is very annoying. Does anyone have any idea how to correct
this problem? I can't find anything on it on MS' website.

Thanks.

 

[Dave]

I am using Outlook 2003 and Word as my email editor. I have "ignore
original message text in reply or forward" selected on the Spelling
tab. I have "Include and indent original message" selected for both
replying and forwarding messages (not the "prefix each line"
selection). Every email I send or forward the spell checker checks the
original message before even checking my message. I cannot get it to
ignore the original. I have tried all the selections of "including the
original message" in the body for both replying and forwarding and
nothing changes the spell checker - it still checks the original
message. It is very annoying. Does anyone have any idea how to correct
this problem? I can't find anything on it on MS' website.

Thanks.

I have found a solution in my instance on this issue...maybe it will
help you also.

In the ""Mail Format" tab of the "Options" dialog box, make sure that
both checkboxes are unchecked in the "Message Format" section. It is
likely that only the top one has been selected and that "HTML" has
been chosen in the dropdown listbox. You will still be able to write
messages in HTML, you just won't be using Word 2003 as the embedded
editor.

After doing this, the spell checker was no longer checking embedded
original messages.

For others reading this post who may not realize...the Outlook 2003
documentation does indicate that you must also not be inserting prefix
characters in original messages on forward and reply. If you are,
then this will cause original messages to be spell-checked regardless
of any other settings.

Good luck.

Dave

 

[BillR [MVP]]

If you are using Word as your editor then you should have autocorrect in
place. You won't need to run a separate spell-check since it is done as you
type and the original message text becomes irrelevant.