outlook express spell checks is in french

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zed201

is MS working on a fix for Outlook Express spell check is in french
this is a know issue I would hope they are anyway
 
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Gordon

zed201 said:
the old OE in XP can not use the new spell check in Office 2007 it is
lock
in french
they do say on the side of the box XP compatable
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Yes I know, but until they DO fix it, here's a solution......and as OE
doesn't exist in Vista, there's always a possibility that they may NOT fix
it....
 
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Peter Foldes

Office 2007 breaks OE's spell check. Downloading a free spell check is the
simplest way around this.

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

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

Or from:
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80

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.


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

Gordon

c.. The workaround for this problem is to install the English dictionary
from Office 2003

The problem with that is you get notifications for Office 2003 updates....
 
G

Gordon

c.. The workaround for this problem is to install the English dictionary
from Office 2003

The problem with that is you get notifications for Office 2003 updates....
 
B

Beth Melton

Gordon said:
c.. The workaround for this problem is to install the English dictionary
from Office 2003

The problem with that is you get notifications for Office 2003 updates....
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You might get the notifications but I suspect you wouldn't be able to
actually install the updates. If you install only the proofing tools,
activation for Office 2003 isn't triggered, if you're unable to activate
Office 2003, then you're unable to pass the Microsoft Genuine Advantage
test, and if you can't pass the Microsoft Genuine Advantage test, you can't
download anything.

Normally I can understand the rationale behind most decisions MS makes but
this is one I do not agree with. They should supply a fix. They decided to
break OE and they should decide to fix it. Plain and simple.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
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MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
 
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Gordon

Normally I can understand the rationale behind most decisions MS makes but
this is one I do not agree with. They should supply a fix. They decided to
break OE and they should decide to fix it. Plain and simple.
Click to expand...

The other problem of course, is that OE has been made obsolete by Vista. So
there is always the possibility that they WON'T fix it.....
 
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Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Zed,

MS Office 2007 is Windows XP compatible, so the statement on the box is correct in that respect. Outlook Express (OE) though is a
part of MS Windows Explorer and OE/IE have never had a spell check capability of its own.

Outlook Express does provide 'hooks' for outside speller products and the English language spell engines in prior versions of
Office, as well as 3rd party products mentioned earlier, would enable a speller ability in Outlook Express through those hooks. The
new engine for Word 2007, which has a 'contextual spelling' base not found in previous versions isn't able to hook to Outlook
Express unless the Windows folks make some changes to work with the newer engine or the older speller (some licensed through 3rd
parties) is made available through another means.

Unfortunately, as with many things in life I suppose, when you get used to having/taking for granted something that was there and
seemed to be 'free' <g> and then it's gone, you can feel like it's 'not right', but then Office 2007 has several features that can
stir those feelings it seems (menus, toolbars, inking, draw anywhere, speech recognition) that often take away from seeing that
there also many new things that may be a net gain.

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[snip] But the new Office 2007 spell check is causeing it and MS needs to fix it the old OE in XP can not use the new spell check
in Office 2007 it is lock in french they do say on the side of the box XP compatable>>
--

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
 
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Al in VA

I loaded English Proofing Tools found in the Custom Install tree under Office
Shared Features using my Office XP with success.
I know have the English US language as an option with Outlook Express.
Thank You for your advice.
 
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