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by: Ron Hoffman December 2, 2008 5:54 AM PST

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Outlook Express Spell check problem

by Ron Hoffman - 12/2/08 5:54 AM

My Outlook Express (XP Professional) spell check has suddenly stopped functioning properly. It thinks the language is French and it suggests French substitutes for even the most common words, i.e. "title" shows as incorrect and recommends "tille". When I go to options and click the "spelling" tab French is the only option shown.

This has occurred since a hardware problem...many blue screens..caused by faulty memory chip which has been replaced.

Before sending machine for repair I tried condensing my e-mail files and exporting them to a memory stick. Since then I've also gotten, among other weird issues, a corrupted address book which has reverted back to a status from about two years ago leaving all adds and deletes since then lost.

How can I get the spell check to function in English?


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To fix this, one question.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 12/2/08 6:34 AM

In Reply to: Outlook Express Spell check problem by Ron Hoffman

What gave OE the spell check feature? It's not included with XP or OE so what did you install to add spell check? If it's Office, uninstall and reinstall that.
Bob


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Spell check problem

by Ron Hoffman - 12/2/08 6:52 AM

In Reply to: To fix this, one question. by R. Proffitt Moderator

I did update my Windows Office from 2000 to 2007 about the same time this problem occured. I've checked and Word/Outlook/Excel are Ok checking in English.

I will try re-installing.

Thanks,
RJ


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Reinstall may not help.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 12/2/08 8:35 AM

In Reply to: Spell check problem by Ron Hoffman

You don't want to know that Microsoft has articles on this issue where OE spellcheck is broken.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?amp;displaylang=en&hash=QR6DBM4&familyid=21d930dd-8160-4e43-95d2-f5c3a9037e68&displaylang=en

That document details 'no spell check for you' for XP 64. You may be finding about combo where Microsoft has removed spell check from OE.
Bob


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Cannot repair Outlook Express 6 Spell Check

by terchap - 11/5/09 10:43 AM

In Reply to: Outlook Express Spell check problem by Ron Hoffman

Like others, my OE is only in French after installing Microsoft Office 2007. I have Windows XP 2002 and when I try to fix the problem with provided free spell check links, I get error messages about not finding the file location.


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Try this...

by Ajax69 - 6/24/10 8:31 PM

In Reply to: Cannot repair Outlook Express 6 Spell Check by terchap

I had the same issue that you did. I just Googled the problem and came up with this dandy spell checker that adds itself right into OE and you are back in business.

www.snapfiles.com/get/spelloe.html happy


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