Spell Check lost in Outlook Express

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John McCormick

I did a reformat and clean install, everything fine except I have no spell
checker anymore in Outlook Expree. The button is there but greyed out.

Any clues ?
Am I in the correct forum?

Thanks John
 
John;
Outlook Express does not have a spellcheck, instead it relies on the spell
check of another program such as Microsoft Word.
 
Hi John,

OE does not have spell-checking capabilities on it's own. Here are your options:

Getting spellcheck to work in Outlook Express XP:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/spellcheck.htm

|MG| Free Download - Spell Checker for OE 2.1:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952
( I use this one, works a treat )

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


I did a reformat and clean install, everything fine except I have no spell
checker anymore in Outlook Expree. The button is there but greyed out.

Any clues ?
Am I in the correct forum?

Thanks John
 
John said:
I did a reformat and clean install, everything fine except I have no
spell checker anymore in Outlook Expree. The button is there but
greyed out.
Any clues ?
Am I in the correct forum?

Thanks John
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Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Spell check
http://michaelstevenstech.com/spellcheck.htm
--
Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
(e-mail address removed)
http://michaelstevenstech.com
For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
 
John said:
I did a reformat and clean install, everything fine except I have no spell
checker anymore in Outlook Expree. The button is there but greyed out.

Any clues ?
Am I in the correct forum?

Thanks John
Click to expand...


Outlook Express has never had spell-checking capabilities of its
own. Instead, it relies upon the presence of other Microsoft
applications, such as the Office Suite, Word, or the Works _Suite_
(which includes Word, not the regular Works). There are also some
3rd-party shareware/freeware solutions available at any of the many
shareware sites on the Internet Spell Magic seems well thought-of,
though I haven't tried it myself:
http://www.alcodasoftware.com/spell-magic.htm.

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Bruce Chambers

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