spell check

[Keith Hyde]

Does anyone know how to get an English spell check, in Windows Mail, as
opposed to an American one?

 

[Guest]

Does anyone know how to get an English spell check, in Windows Mail, as
opposed to an American one?

Windows Mail doesn't provide this, so you have to install another program
Windows Mail can get the spellcheck from. I think Outlook is such a
program but I don't know if it provides the right spellcheck for you.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

I don't know of any way to to get UK English spell checking in Windows
Mail. An alternative is to upgrade to Windows Live Mail because there
is an easy UK English hack for it.
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

 

[Lindsay Graham]

It's not just UK English, Gary -- it's the English that is used just about
everywhere in the English-speaking world except USA (and possibly Canada).

I can't understand why Microsoft would market this product throughout the
world, but not provide appropriate spell check dictionaries. Yes, I will
soon upgrade to WLM, but that does not alter the fact that Microsoft is
marketing a crippled WM product.

Lindsay Graham
Canberra, Australia

 

[Keith Hyde]

Thank you all for your help.

It's not just UK English, Gary -- it's the English that is used just about
everywhere in the English-speaking world except USA (and possibly Canada).

I can't understand why Microsoft would market this product throughout the
world, but not provide appropriate spell check dictionaries. Yes, I will
soon upgrade to WLM, but that does not alter the fact that Microsoft is
marketing a crippled WM product.

Lindsay Graham
Canberra, Australia

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

You're welcome.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

I don't have an explanation for Microsoft's rationale.
I just provide workarounds where available.