Spell Check When Word As E-mail Editor Is Turned Off - Outlook 200

[niagara94]

Hi - This is a Outlook 2003 question. I have a quick question about spell
checking. I have turned off the "Word As E-Mail Editor" option so that I can
use some stationary that I have downloaded. However, I notice that the words
that I accidentally misspell are no longer underlined to let me know what
needs correcting. I know that I can spell check by manually clicking on
"Tools/Spelling" but I liked it underlining my mistakes as I went along. Is
there any option that I can change to make this more like it used to be
(other than re-selecting word as the e-mail editor)? I have "always suggest
replacements for misspelled words" checked and also have "use auto correct
when word isn't the e-mail editor" checked but the words don't auto correct
even when I intentionally type a word wrong that is in the list to auto
correct. I probably could check the option to spell check before sending but
I was wondering if there were any other options. Thanks!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

word is required as the editor for inline spell checking. why won't the
stationery work if word is the editor?

 

[niagara94]

Thank you for your response. What happens if I make Word the editor it
notifies me that "The application is about to initialize ActiveX controls
that might be unsafe..." Then I have to pick whether or not to allow the it
to run or not. I just pick "No" because I don't want to take a chance in
using anything that isn't safe for my computer. The stationery comes up but
it has a big red X at the top. I don't know if there is anything that I can
do to fix this while not taking a chance at running something that may be
unsafe. Thanks for any help you can give!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

open the stationery file in notepad - see what is causing the big red x.

 

[niagara94]

Thanks for your reply. I took a quick look in notepad but I don't know
anything about the coding that it takes to create stationery so I don't know
what I'd be looking for. The X is only there when I try to use the
stationery when Outlook is set up with Word as the editor. Otherwise the X
is absent.