Saturday, January 14, 2012

My Outlook express V6 spelling dictionary is set to french. How do I set it back to English?

When I go to Options --%26gt; Spelling, the only option I have in the language dropdown is French. How can I get English to be listed as an option so I can select it? Thanks.My Outlook express V6 spelling dictionary is set to french. How do I set it back to English?
Outlook Express does not have a dictionary of its own. If Microsoft Office is installed alongside OE on the computer, then OE will try to use the Office dictionary files. Unfortunately OE does not recognize the new file format of the Office 2007 English dictionary file. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=93297鈥?/a> "You no longer have spell checking capabilities in some languages in Outlook Express 6.0 after you install the 2007 Microsoft Office system" for more information. The usual solution is to install a third-party spellchecking utility (there are many, some free, some not, just ask Google).



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garfield-n-odie

Microsoft MVP 2005-2008

http://mvp.support.microsoft.comMy Outlook express V6 spelling dictionary is set to french. How do I set it back to English?
This is really bad, because Microsoft knows about it and isn't fixing it. Here's what they have to say:



When you upgrade an earlier version of Office to a 2007 Office system, the old spelling checker files are removed for the following languages:

鈥?English

鈥?Spanish

鈥?German

These files are replaced with newer versions that are included in the 2007 Office system. The new files are incompatible with Outlook Express.



There are a variety of third-party free spell-checking programs available on the Internet. You can learn about available programs by visiting the Microsoft Communities site. This site lets you obtain advice from other users and from Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs). To access the Microsoft Communities site, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/def鈥?/a> (http://www.microsoft.com/communities/def鈥?/a>

You can also use a search site to find spell-checking programs. For example, you can search for spell-checking programs at the following Web site:

http://www.live.com (http://www.live.com)



So they're basically saying "too bad".

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