Why No Spell Check In Outlook Express?

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I have Windows XP on my CP but the spell check in Outlook
Express does not work. Can it be fixed and how?
 
Outlook Express does not include a spell check dictionary.
Install WORD or WORKS Suite [includes WORD, least expansive
way to get it]. There are also spell checkers available
from third parties, try Google.


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|I have Windows XP on my CP but the spell check in Outlook
| Express does not work. Can it be fixed and how?
 
Outlook express needs Microsoft word to enable the spell checker. If you
haven't got Microsoft word on your pc this is the reason why outlook express
will not check your spelling. The alternative, assuming you have got
Microsoft word, is that 'check spelling' isn't enabled in the outlook
express options (tools>options>spelling.check spelling)
There is a spell checker that you can use with outlook express in place of
Microsoft word but I don't have the details to hand at the time of writing
this post. I'll try to find the name of it and where you can download it -
unless someone else replies in the meantime.
 
AP said:
I have Windows XP on my CP but the spell check in Outlook
Express does not work. Can it be fixed and how?
Click to expand...

Check to see if it's activated (You didn't mention if you did so.) In OE,
go to Tools>Options...>Spelling tab (in dialog box). Check or uncheck boxes
for features desired.

Malv
 
|I have Windows XP on my CP but the spell check in Outlook
| Express does not work. Can it be fixed and how?

As the others said you need Word or another spellchecker.

Try http://www.geocities.com/vampirefo/ works great.

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AP said:
I have Windows XP on my CP but the spell check in Outlook
Express does not work. Can it be fixed and how?
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Outlook Express has never had spell-checking capabilities of its
own. Instead, it relies upon the presence of other Microsoft
applications, such as the Office Suite, Word, or the Works _Suite_
(which includes Word, not the regular Works). There are also some
3rd-party shareware/freeware solutions available at any of the many
shareware sites on the Internet Spell Magic seems well thought-of,
though I haven't tried it myself:
http://www.alcodasoftware.com/spell-magic.htm.


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There is no spell checker in Outlook Express (never was). You need to use
one from another program, such as Microsoft Word.
 
Someone should say WHY. Most people own office or works. MS has paid, and thus we paid, to have a dictionary in the program. If OE had spell check supplied with it then every windows would need to pay a license fee. And most people would end up paying for 2 dictionaries (or more likely twice for the one dictionary).

MS only include things that have general appeal if they have to pay for it. EG. They do pay JPEG people to display jpegs as the browser would be useless without jpeg support. They do not include DVD codecs because not everyone uses a computer to view DVDs.
 
I have Windows XP on my CP but the spell check in Outlook
Express does not work. Can it be fixed and how?
Click to expand...

So you don't have Microsoft word. Just Google check, you'll eventually
find (probably real fast) a free spell checker that's work with your O.E.
There are probably more than one offered. I like the one I got because it
sees my small letter "I" by itself and recognizes it needs to be a capital
letter. Not all spell checkers do that.
...D.
 
AP said:
I have Windows XP on my CP but the spell check in Outlook
Express does not work. Can it be fixed and how?
Click to expand...

OE does not come with a spelling checker. It uses the spelling checker from
any Office program that has one. Do you have such a program?

If not you could try one of these:

Free spellchecker.
http://www.quinion.com/mqa/spell.htm
or this, which I use on my laptop, which has Works.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/article.php?sid=2952&cat=10A

$15 shareware
http://www.spellchecker.com/

And here's a freeware that checks your spelling as you type:
TinySpell
http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/

See also:
Bill James' SpellCheck Fix
http://www.billsway.com/notes_public/Fix_OE_SpellCheck.txt

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To resolve this problem once and for all and to enable Outlook Express spell
check facilities, proceed as follows,

Copy csapi3t1.dll and WINWORD to C:\Program Files\Outlook Express

The csapi3t1.dll does NOT have to in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\Proof as most internet geeks dictate.

WINWORD, a component of Microsoft Office 97, contains a spell checker and
dictionaries.

The csapi3t1.dll can be sourced from a number of places, as follows,
'Google' for it on th web
Copy it from the Windows XP or Windows 98 installation disk, etc.
If Microsoft Office 97, or similar is not available, then 'Google' for Free
Spell Check
Downloads from the web.
A Spell Check I have used in the past is OE 2.1.exe from
http://www.geocities.com/vampirefo/
Provided that Outlook Express has the a/m *.dll installed and spelling is
enabled, then OE 2.1.exe will do it's stuff.

Have fun out there
 
Grenadier said:
To resolve this problem once and for all and to enable Outlook
Express spell check facilities, proceed as follows,

Copy csapi3t1.dll and WINWORD to C:\Program Files\Outlook Express

The csapi3t1.dll does NOT have to in C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof as most internet geeks dictate.

WINWORD, a component of Microsoft Office 97, contains a spell checker
and dictionaries.

The csapi3t1.dll can be sourced from a number of places, as follows,
'Google' for it on th web
Copy it from the Windows XP or Windows 98 installation disk, etc.
If Microsoft Office 97, or similar is not available, then 'Google'
for Free Spell Check
Downloads from the web.
A Spell Check I have used in the past is OE 2.1.exe from
http://www.geocities.com/vampirefo/
Provided that Outlook Express has the a/m *.dll installed and
spelling is enabled, then OE 2.1.exe will do it's stuff.

Have fun out there
Click to expand...

I said SOME people need it there (I don't). Winword is NOT needed.

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My friend I wont to thank you for the site, It worked great and now that I
have completed my christmas search for outlook spell checker I can continue
with work. (e-mail address removed)
 
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