Outlook 2003 Spellcheck

[jmccook]

I bought a copy of MS Outlook 2003 retail w/key for a client today. My
partner told me I had to buy an Office suite that includes Word if the
client wants to use spellcheck. Does Outlook 2003 not have spellcheck
built-in? Thanks in advance!

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

There's a spell checker in OL2003 but it doesn't underline words that aren't
spelled correctly like Word does.

 

[jmccook]

Is it not automatic? Do you have to run the spellcheck before sending?

 

[jmccook]

I just checked on another computer and you are correct. It does have
spellcheck but just not automatic, as far as I can tell. I had to run
it before sending the e-mail. Guess the Word editor is worth it. Thanks
for your help.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Is it not automatic? Do you have to run the spellcheck before sending?

You can enable the option to spellcheck before sending.
Tools>Options>Spelling in OL 2002/2003