Spell Check with Outlook Express and XP (Home)

[Ed]

Why doesn't Spell Check work in Outlook Express (Internet
Explorer v6)and using XP Home?
The Spell check in Words works. Also the spell check in
Yahoo works. Why not in Outlook?

 

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[Bruce]

Why doesn't Spell Check work in Outlook Express (Internet
Explorer v6)and using XP Home?
The Spell check in Words works. Also the spell check in
Yahoo works. Why not in Outlook?

Spell Checking does not work in OE:

http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/OE/OE_Spell check.htm

And:

An error occurred while the spelling was being checked or: Spell Check was
halted:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=224176

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/spellcheck.htm

OE 6 does not come with it's own spell check. These are some free spell
check downloads.

http://www.geocities.com/vampirefo/ :

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952

http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/

Bruce

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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Why doesn't Spell Check work in Outlook Express (Internet
Explorer v6)and using XP Home?
The Spell check in Words works. Also the spell check in
Yahoo works. Why not in Outlook?

Neither Windows XP, nor any other version of Windows, has ever
come with a Spell Checking facility. Outlook Express uses the
spell checker that comes with Microsoft Word, (or another
Microsoft Office program) if you have it installed.

If you don't have Word or Office installed, you probably don't
have a spell checker. However there are several downloadable
freeware/shareware alternative spell checkers that work with
Outlook Express and Outlook. Since I have no personal experience
with any of these, I'll let someone else recommend one.

On the other hand, if a Microsoft Office component *is*
installed, try the instructions at
http://michaelstevenstech.com/spellcheck.htm