How to reverse Office's converting my Outlook Express to French

[dollsbears etc]

When I installed Office 2007, my Outlook Express spell checker converted from
English to French. Is there any way to reverse this action, so that I can
still use Outlook Express to write emails and check the spelling?

At present, I draft my emails in Word to check for spelling errors and then
copy & paste to a new email, but this is an unsatisfactory solution to the
problem.

 

[Daddy]

Outlook Express never had its own spell checker. It uses Word's spell checker. You now have a new version of Word...and things are different:

"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

Daddy

 

[dollsbears etc]

Thank you for your information. I take it then that Microsoft is trying to
wean people from using Outlook Express to using Windows Live Mail, as
downloading that does not solve the problem at all - all it does is give an
alternative to use instead of Outlook Express.

Is that your understanding of the situation?

dollsbears etc

 

[Daddy]

I do not work for Microsoft so I cannot speak to their motives. Webmail can be a free alternative.

Daddy

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Try this:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/spelloe.html

It's free.

 

[Peter Foldes]

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

 

[dollsbears etc]

Thank you all for your help. I used the link
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952 and downloaded and installed
a program spell.exe. I have tested the spell checking in OE and it seems to
work well.
Many thanks to you all for your input.

 

[Q]

When I installed Office 2007, my Outlook Express spell checker converted from
English to French. Is there any way to reverse this action, so that I can
still use Outlook Express to write emails and check the spelling?

At present, I draft my emails in Word to check for spelling errors and then
copy & paste to a new email, but this is an unsatisfactory solution to the
problem.

Use this and it will correct the problem:

Office 2007 broke the link to spell check in OE6.
Use http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952

 

[Q]

Use this and it will correct the problem:

Office 2007 broke the link to spell check in OE6.
Use http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952