Outlook 2007 changed spelling of Outlook Express

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

Outlook Express cannot use the MS Word spell check in Office 2007.
Downloading a free spell check is the simplest way around this.

Vampirefo Spell Check.

From Major Geeks:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952

From SnapFile:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/spelloe.html

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

Australian English Spell Check
(Also suitable for other English speaking countries.)
http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oespellcheck/

If you have a previous version of Office, see this:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20061228.htm
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"lizferla" wrote in message
...

Office Home and Student 2007 wiped out the English, German and Spanish
dictionaries of Outlook Express, leaving only the French dictionary.
Surely Microsoft should be offering a free download or patch to resolve
the
problem! I called their help office, and was told to call another number,
at
a cost of £49, for a problem they caused!!!!!!!
Had I known, I would not have bought this product.
Does Microsoft not communicate in English? Or does it just not communicate
at all.

Are any of these dictionaries UK English? Snapfiles has an Eagle logo, guess
its USA, and Tiny Spell cant find the page!
Appreciate the help, thanks,
Liz

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

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

Outlook Express cannot use the MS Word spell check in Office 2007.
Downloading a free spell check is the simplest way around this.

Vampirefo Spell Check.

From Major Geeks:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952

From SnapFile:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/spelloe.html

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

Australian English Spell Check
(Also suitable for other English speaking countries.)
http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oespellcheck/

If you have a previous version of Office, see this:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20061228.htm
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"lizferla" wrote in message
...

Office Home and Student 2007 wiped out the English, German and Spanish
dictionaries of Outlook Express, leaving only the French dictionary.
Surely Microsoft should be offering a free download or patch to resolve
the
problem! I called their help office, and was told to call another number,
at
a cost of £49, for a problem they caused!!!!!!!
Had I known, I would not have bought this product.
Does Microsoft not communicate in English? Or does it just not communicate
at all.

Problem here is all my programmes were pre-installed when I bought the
computer, so I dont have the discs to reload them.
Liz

"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote:

Because 2007 removed the English dictionary when you installed it and
the French dictionary remained (North American copies of Office ship
with English & French for sure, and I think Spanish as well).
Explanation:
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.

* 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.
* There are a few scenarios in which you won't run into this
problem:
o An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if
you don't manually uninstall the earlier version of Office.
o 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.
* 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'.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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"Michael Tissington" wrote in message
:

This still does not answer my question.

In an all English install of Windows XP, Office, IE etc ...

Why, after doing a clean install of Office 2007 does the dictionary for
Outlook Express become French and no ability to select another one ???

The Australian English Spell Check should suffice, and the TinySpell link
works here.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"lizferla" wrote in message
...
Are any of these dictionaries UK English? Snapfiles has an Eagle logo,
guess
its USA, and Tiny Spell cant find the page!
Appreciate the help, thanks,
Liz

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

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

Outlook Express cannot use the MS Word spell check in Office 2007.
Downloading a free spell check is the simplest way around this.

Vampirefo Spell Check.

From Major Geeks:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952

From SnapFile:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/spelloe.html

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

Australian English Spell Check
(Also suitable for other English speaking countries.)
http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oespellcheck/

If you have a previous version of Office, see this:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20061228.htm
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"lizferla" wrote in message
...

Office Home and Student 2007 wiped out the English, German and Spanish
dictionaries of Outlook Express, leaving only the French dictionary.
Surely Microsoft should be offering a free download or patch to resolve
the
problem! I called their help office, and was told to call another
number,
at
a cost of £49, for a problem they caused!!!!!!!
Had I known, I would not have bought this product.
Does Microsoft not communicate in English? Or does it just not
communicate
at all.

"lizferla" wrote in message
...

Problem here is all my programmes were pre-installed when I bought the
computer, so I dont have the discs to reload them.

Vendors who preload also supply ways to generate install disks, ususally.
There is often a separate partition containing the disk images.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]