OE 6 does not come with its own spell check. You need Word or an MS Office
program.

The spell checker in the basic Works 4 through 6 will work with OE. Older
and newer versions do not.

If you have Works Suite, that includes MS Word and a spell checker that does
work with OE.

You can also download a free spell check at one of these sites.

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

http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/ (Checks the spelling as you
type).

If you have a functional program, and Spell Check does not work, See:

Spell Checking does not work in OE:
http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/OE...ll%20check.htm

Or:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/spellcheck.htm

And: An error occurred while the spelling was being checked or: Spell Check
was halted:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=224176

The first link is usually the fix.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Max" wrote in message
...
My Outlook Express won't enable the Spell Check button when I am composing
mail. What I can find on this says it is dependent on other Office
applications to supply the dictionary. When I go into Word and click the
Spell Check button in Word 2000, an error message says it can't find the
files msspell3.dll and mssp232.dll. Have gone to Control Panel/Add new
programs and run the reinstall on Office followed by a restart - no luck.
Where can I locate those files and where should they be installed on my
PC?

Thank you in advance.