Spell Check

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Jeff Stanton

Bought a new laptop An HP business machine) with XP Pro. Imagine my surprise
to find the spell check is in French, and the pull-down language menu shows
only French as an option. How do I get this replaced with English?

Jeff
 
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Jeff Stanton said:
Bought a new laptop An HP business machine) with XP Pro.
Imagine my surprise
to find the spell check is in French, and the pull-down
language menu shows
only French as an option. How do I get this replaced with
English?

Jeff
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Did your laptop come with Office 2007? By default, Outlook
Express doesn't come with a built-in spell checker. It has
always used the one included with Microsoft Office.
Unfortunately, the spell checker included with Office 2007 is
not compatible with OE.

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

I was able to get around this issue because I had a copy of
Office 2003. Installing the Proofing Tools from the Office 2003
installation CD will restore the spell checker in OE.

If you haven't done so already, you might want to post your
question to one of the Office newsgroups or the Outlook Express
newsgroup.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Nepatsfan said:
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Did your laptop come with Office 2007? By default, Outlook Express doesn't
come with a built-in spell checker. It has always used the one included
with Microsoft Office. Unfortunately, the spell checker included with
Office 2007 is not compatible with OE.

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

I was able to get around this issue because I had a copy of Office 2003.
Installing the Proofing Tools from the Office 2003 installation CD will
restore the spell checker in OE.

If you haven't done so already, you might want to post your question to
one of the Office newsgroups or the Outlook Express newsgroup.

Good luck

Nepatsfan>
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OE 6 does not come with it's own spell check. You need Word or an MS Office
program. The spell checker in Works 4 through 6 will work with OE, but not
other editions. If you do not have such a program, you can download a free
spell check at one of these sites.

Vampirefo Spell Check:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952

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

I have used the Vampirefo spell check for years myself.
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Imperial Beach, CA
 
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