Thesaurus unavailable with Office Suties including Word 2007 insta

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RedJ

I have Outlook 2007 installed as PART OF THE OFFICE 2007 SUITE (so not same
as most other cases where they do not have Word 2007). However, at some
point the thesaurus stopped working in Outlook 2007. I have removed Outlook
from the Office installation and reinstalled and likewise for Word, but it is
still non-functional. Thesuarus works under Word. Any solutions, short of
complete uninstall of the Office Suite?
 
R

RedJ

It did work, though it's been broken for long enough I can't try to make an
educated guess about what change might have caused the problem.

Now, when the thesaurus in invoked, I get the "sorry" sound effect and no
other feedback. Thesaurus is not greyed out in the Proofing menu, but does
not give any response, not even the "sorry" sound.

I had not installed the hotfix pack, however it does not seem to be
available for download in any of the KB articles I have located discussing it.

Diane Poremsky said:
Did it ever work in Outlook? What exactly happens now? Do you have the Feb
Cumulative update installed?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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RedJ said:
I have Outlook 2007 installed as PART OF THE OFFICE 2007 SUITE (so not
same
as most other cases where they do not have Word 2007). However, at some
point the thesaurus stopped working in Outlook 2007. I have removed
Outlook
from the Office installation and reinstalled and likewise for Word, but it
is
still non-functional. Thesuarus works under Word. Any solutions, short
of
complete uninstall of the Office Suite?
 
D

Diane Poremsky [MVP]

I'm not sure what broke it, its working on one of my systems, not the other.
Both have Vista, so its not the OS.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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RedJ said:
It did work, though it's been broken for long enough I can't try to make
an
educated guess about what change might have caused the problem.

Now, when the thesaurus in invoked, I get the "sorry" sound effect and no
other feedback. Thesaurus is not greyed out in the Proofing menu, but
does
not give any response, not even the "sorry" sound.

I had not installed the hotfix pack, however it does not seem to be
available for download in any of the KB articles I have located discussing
it.

Diane Poremsky said:
Did it ever work in Outlook? What exactly happens now? Do you have the
Feb
Cumulative update installed?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

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RedJ said:
I have Outlook 2007 installed as PART OF THE OFFICE 2007 SUITE (so not
same
as most other cases where they do not have Word 2007). However, at
some
point the thesaurus stopped working in Outlook 2007. I have removed
Outlook
from the Office installation and reinstalled and likewise for Word, but
it
is
still non-functional. Thesuarus works under Word. Any solutions,
short
of
complete uninstall of the Office Suite?
 
D

Diane Poremsky [MVP]

I don't think so - I have the SP on my machines. I originally thought that
was the SP causing it, until I checked a machine with the Feb CU and another
one with an SP2 build. It works on those systems but not my laptop.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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RedJ said:
I guess I'll wait for Office 2007 SP2 to release a week from now
(supposedly)
and hope that does it.

Diane Poremsky said:
I'm not sure what broke it, its working on one of my systems, not the
other.
Both have Vista, so its not the OS.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
(e-mail address removed)




You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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your
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RedJ said:
It did work, though it's been broken for long enough I can't try to
make
an
educated guess about what change might have caused the problem.

Now, when the thesaurus in invoked, I get the "sorry" sound effect and
no
other feedback. Thesaurus is not greyed out in the Proofing menu, but
does
not give any response, not even the "sorry" sound.

I had not installed the hotfix pack, however it does not seem to be
available for download in any of the KB articles I have located
discussing
it.

:

Did it ever work in Outlook? What exactly happens now? Do you have
the
Feb
Cumulative update installed?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


I have Outlook 2007 installed as PART OF THE OFFICE 2007 SUITE (so
not
same
as most other cases where they do not have Word 2007). However, at
some
point the thesaurus stopped working in Outlook 2007. I have removed
Outlook
from the Office installation and reinstalled and likewise for Word,
but
it
is
still non-functional. Thesuarus works under Word. Any solutions,
short
of
complete uninstall of the Office Suite?
 
R

RedJ

Funny, I have nearly the opposite problem: works on my laptop, but now broken
on my desktop. Repair does nothing. May have to use the nuclear option and
wipe Office off the affected system and start over. I hate doing that,
especially with the level of accounts and settings setup I do. Maybe I can
live without an integrated thesaurus until my next machine upgrade. Outlook
is supposedly using Word as its editor, but the thesaurus works fine in Word,
so it's something pretty specific to Outlook.

Diane Poremsky said:
I don't think so - I have the SP on my machines. I originally thought that
was the SP causing it, until I checked a machine with the Feb CU and another
one with an SP2 build. It works on those systems but not my laptop.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


RedJ said:
I guess I'll wait for Office 2007 SP2 to release a week from now
(supposedly)
and hope that does it.

Diane Poremsky said:
I'm not sure what broke it, its working on one of my systems, not the
other.
Both have Vista, so its not the OS.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
(e-mail address removed)




You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


It did work, though it's been broken for long enough I can't try to
make
an
educated guess about what change might have caused the problem.

Now, when the thesaurus in invoked, I get the "sorry" sound effect and
no
other feedback. Thesaurus is not greyed out in the Proofing menu, but
does
not give any response, not even the "sorry" sound.

I had not installed the hotfix pack, however it does not seem to be
available for download in any of the KB articles I have located
discussing
it.

:

Did it ever work in Outlook? What exactly happens now? Do you have
the
Feb
Cumulative update installed?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


I have Outlook 2007 installed as PART OF THE OFFICE 2007 SUITE (so
not
same
as most other cases where they do not have Word 2007). However, at
some
point the thesaurus stopped working in Outlook 2007. I have removed
Outlook
from the Office installation and reinstalled and likewise for Word,
but
it
is
still non-functional. Thesuarus works under Word. Any solutions,
short
of
complete uninstall of the Office Suite?
 

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