I don't know why it's grayed out, but that's a moot point since the only
language you would have is French with Office 2007.

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

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).

If you have a previous version of Office, see this:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20061228.htm
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Steven" wrote in message
news:VPMTi.2703$6P3.1702@trndny02...
Hi,
I have Windows XP installed on my computer & recently installed MS Office
Word & Excel. I was told & have read that by doing so the spelling icon in
Outlook Express would be active. Unfortunatly it's still grayed out. Any
thoughts?

Steven