Outlook spell check

[Jim G]

I installed Microsoft Office 2007 on my laptop running XP. When using
Outlook, it uses the spell check from Office to check spelling in the outlook
emails. Fo rsome reason it's language is French. When you try to change it,
the only option is French. Any ideas how to get English as the dictionary
language.

 

[VanguardLH]

I installed Microsoft Office 2007 on my laptop running XP. When using
Outlook, it uses the spell check from Office to check spelling in the outlook
emails. Fo rsome reason it's language is French. When you try to change it,
the only option is French. Any ideas how to get English as the dictionary
language.

Are you sure you are asking about Outlook and not about Outlook EXPRESS?
The MS Office suite comes with its own spell checker. Outlook 2007 no
longer has its own embedded e-mail editor and always uses Word 2007 for
its e-mail editor. Even if you don't install Word 2007, Outlook 2007
includes stub code for Word 2007 to use it as its e-mail editor. So
Outlook <any version> uses the spell checker included with it.

Outlook EXPRESS never came with a spelling checker. It borrowed the
spelling files from Word. However, with Word 2007, Outlook Express
cannot use the English, German, or Spanish spelling files.

Microsoft has confirmed the problem. Read:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/932974

You'll need to find a 3rd party spell checker to use with Outlook
Express. Some are free. Google still works.

http://www.google.com/search?q=+"outlook+express"+%2Bspellcheck

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

See http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20061228.htm

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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