Spell Check in Outlook 2007

[Linda Beauregard-Axelson]

spell check doesn't seem to be functional in Outlook 2007. Anyone else seen
this or know of a fix?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

spell check doesn't seem to be functional in Outlook 2007. Anyone else
seen
this or know of a fix?

You'll need to be much more descriptive in conveying your problem. Spell
check in Outlook 2007 works just fine for me and plenty of others.

 

[Linda Beauregard-Axelson]

I've intentionally typed in spelling errors, and sent out email, and
spellcheck didn't kick in to clean it up.

I've checked the spell check options to ensure that everything's selected
appropriately, and even manually selected the spell check button. Dialog
comes up that spell check is complete, but the spelling errors are not
corrected; they are still in the message.

Using HTML as editor - do I need to switch to Word as Editor?

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)]

Outlook 2007 only has one editor - it's Word.

There are a few different possible explanations - one of them being that
perhaps the errors you typed have somehow been added to the dictionary
as correct; or that somehow your spell-check is disabled.

Have you tried running Office Diagnostics (Help Menu) to see if it will
repair the function for you?

Best wishes and aloha,

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
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[Charles Copenhaver]

Beth Melton in another chain indicated that you need to delete the registry
key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared
Tools\ProofingTools\1.0\Override\en-US

I tried it and it worked. Don't know how it got set - was working fine
before upgrade to 2007

 

[Linda Beauregard-Axelson]

Thank you. I actually stumbled upon the fix online and completed the task of
removing the registry key as you've listed. It's been working fine. Meant
to get back with a reply to all on the fix, but we've recently rolled out the
2007 upgrades facility-wide and I've had my hands full with the rollout
training.

Again, thanks all!