Spell checker absent after clean re-install

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Novice has just done a fresh re-install of windows xp and the spell checker
is now absent in outlook express, whereas i had it on there before. Apart
from that OE is working o.k.

Would anyone please advise how to get the spell checker back. Thanks.
 
hello johngood you wrote
Novice has just done a fresh re-install of windows xp and the spell
checker is now absent in outlook express, whereas i had it on there
before. Apart from that OE is working o.k.

Would anyone please advise how to get the spell checker back.
Thanks.
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The spell checker used by OE is part of Microsoft Office.
 
johngood said:
Novice has just done a fresh re-install of windows xp and the spell checker
is now absent in outlook express, whereas i had it on there before. Apart
from that OE is working o.k.

Would anyone please advise how to get the spell checker back. Thanks.
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Did you reinstall Office or Word?
 
Novice has just done a fresh re-install of windows xp and the spell
checker is now absent in outlook express, whereas i had it on there
before. Apart from that OE is working o.k.

Would anyone please advise how to get the spell checker back.
Thanks.
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As mentioned, OE needs help. MS Word, Excel, Office suite, etc.

However, if you are interested, most *modern* email clients have
built-in spell checking. Thunderbird does, for example, and also has a
worthwhile Junk filter. It is also more secure than OE.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
 
johngood said:
Novice has just done a fresh re-install of windows xp and the spell checker
is now absent in outlook express, whereas i had it on there before. Apart
from that OE is working o.k.

Would anyone please advise how to get the spell checker back. Thanks.
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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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Novice has just done a fresh re-install of windows xp and the spell checker
is now absent in outlook express, whereas i had it on there before. Apart
from that OE is working o.k.

Would anyone please advise how to get the spell checker back. Thanks.
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You apparently had Word (or some other component of Microsoft Office)
installed before, but you haven't (yet?) reinstalled it.

OE has never come with a spell checker of its own, but it uses the MS
Office one. Just reinstall that too and you will get the spell checker
back.
 
Or MS Works, or even an add-on from a third party.
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Although some third-party spell checkers work with OE, Microsoft
Works's spell checker does *not*.

However, note that Microsoft also has a product called Microsoft Works
*Suite*. Because the Works Suite comes with Word, and because the Word
spell checker supports OE, Works *Suite* will provide spell checking
for OE.
 
If you installed Office 2007 also. Then see the following.

You no longer have spell checking capabilities in some languages in Outlook
Express 6.0 after you install the 2007 Microsoft Office system:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932974

Office 2007 breaks OE's spell check. Downloading a free spell check is the
simplest way around this.

Some free spell check programs.

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

TinySpell:
http://www.tinyspell.m6.net/ (Checks the spelling as you type).

Or from this blog:
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80

After installing Office 2007 RTM, you don't have English as a choice of
language in the spell checker of Outlook Express and potentially other
programs.


a.. Office 2007 is replacing the v.3 English Proofing Tools that shipped
in prior versions of Office with a new version (v.6). There are a number of
changes in this new version, but the one that is causing this problem is
that Outlook Express doesn't understand the new English Proofing Tools. This
is a problem because Outlook Express has never shipped with its own proofing
tools but has used the ones shipped by Office.
b.. There are a few scenarios in which you won't run into this problem:
a.. An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if you
don't manually uninstall the earlier version of Office.
b.. A configuration in which Office 2003 (or earlier) has not been
removed.
For example, I have Office 2003 still on both of my computers, and I
still have English in Outlook Express.
c.. The workaround for this problem is to install the English dictionary
from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all of
Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in the
Custom Install tree under Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English.
 
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