Spell checker

[Bob]

After upgrading from Netscape to Windows XP I lost Spell
Checker.

 

[David Nimon]

Netscape is an internet browser; XP is an operating system. You are
comparing apples and oranges.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

After upgrading from Netscape to Windows XP I lost Spell
Checker.

Netscape makes an Operating System?
Who knew..?

You mean from Netscape to a different browser/email application, like the
ones included with Windows XP (Internet Explorer/Outlook Express
respectively)?

Or do you mean when you upgraded to Windows XP, your Netscape Email Spell
Checker ceased to function?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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After upgrading from Netscape to Windows XP I lost Spell
Checker.

Please clarify what you're asking. Netscape is a browser and
Windows XP is an operating system. You can't upgrade from one to
the other because they are entirely different things. It's like
saying you upgraded your French Poodle to a swimming pool.

Perhaps you mean that you switched from using Netscape to
Internet Explorer and Outlook Express, and that you can't get the
spelling checker in Outlook Express to work. If so, read the
following:

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