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Something weird has happened, and I seem to have lost my English dictionary
in my Outlook Express 6.0. The only dictionary showing is French - why, I have no idea, since I never selected this. I was running Office 2000, and recently removed it to install Office 2007 - not sure if that had anything to do with the lost dictionary. The English dictionary is installed and working fine in Office 2007, btw. And I am not using Outlook.. just Outlook Express. One other thing, and again, I am not sure it is related, but I recently re-installed Xp on this system, and 'maybe' there is a possibiltiy that I did not select the right language, but somehow I doubt that, as everything else is working fine in English. But, now I need to remove the French dictionary and add the English one to OE. Please help!! Thanks! -- Paul |
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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 dont 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 doesnt 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 wont run into this problem: a.. An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if you dont 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. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "Paul" wrote in message ... Something weird has happened, and I seem to have lost my English dictionary in my Outlook Express 6.0. The only dictionary showing is French - why, I have no idea, since I never selected this. I was running Office 2000, and recently removed it to install Office 2007 - not sure if that had anything to do with the lost dictionary. The English dictionary is installed and working fine in Office 2007, btw. And I am not using Outlook.. just Outlook Express. One other thing, and again, I am not sure it is related, but I recently re-installed Xp on this system, and 'maybe' there is a possibiltiy that I did not select the right language, but somehow I doubt that, as everything else is working fine in English. But, now I need to remove the French dictionary and add the English one to OE. Please help!! Thanks! -- Paul |
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Bruce... many, many thanks for this quick response and for providing insite
behind the problem, and possible solutions!!! Somehow I had a feeling Office 2007 might be a factor, since it happened immediately after the install. Your response confirms it. Thanks again for taking the time to reply!!! -- Paul "Bruce Hagen" wrote: 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 dont 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 doesnt 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 wont run into this problem: a.. An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if you dont 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. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "Paul" wrote in message ... Something weird has happened, and I seem to have lost my English dictionary in my Outlook Express 6.0. The only dictionary showing is French - why, I have no idea, since I never selected this. I was running Office 2000, and recently removed it to install Office 2007 - not sure if that had anything to do with the lost dictionary. The English dictionary is installed and working fine in Office 2007, btw. And I am not using Outlook.. just Outlook Express. One other thing, and again, I am not sure it is related, but I recently re-installed Xp on this system, and 'maybe' there is a possibiltiy that I did not select the right language, but somehow I doubt that, as everything else is working fine in English. But, now I need to remove the French dictionary and add the English one to OE. Please help!! Thanks! -- Paul |
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You're welcome.
-- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "Paul" wrote in message news ![]() Bruce... many, many thanks for this quick response and for providing insite behind the problem, and possible solutions!!! Somehow I had a feeling Office 2007 might be a factor, since it happened immediately after the install. Your response confirms it. Thanks again for taking the time to reply!!! -- Paul "Bruce Hagen" wrote: 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 dont 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 doesnt 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 wont run into this problem: a.. An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if you dont 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. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "Paul" wrote in message ... Something weird has happened, and I seem to have lost my English dictionary in my Outlook Express 6.0. The only dictionary showing is French - why, I have no idea, since I never selected this. I was running Office 2000, and recently removed it to install Office 2007 - not sure if that had anything to do with the lost dictionary. The English dictionary is installed and working fine in Office 2007, btw. And I am not using Outlook.. just Outlook Express. One other thing, and again, I am not sure it is related, but I recently re-installed Xp on this system, and 'maybe' there is a possibiltiy that I did not select the right language, but somehow I doubt that, as everything else is working fine in English. But, now I need to remove the French dictionary and add the English one to OE. Please help!! Thanks! -- Paul |
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For another possible workaround, see:
Office 2007 RTM Issues: 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. http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 -- Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm "Paul" wrote in message news ![]() Bruce... many, many thanks for this quick response and for providing insite behind the problem, and possible solutions!!! Somehow I had a feeling Office 2007 might be a factor, since it happened immediately after the install. Your response confirms it. Thanks again for taking the time to reply!!! -- Paul "Bruce Hagen" wrote: 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 dont 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 doesnt 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 wont run into this problem: a.. An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if you dont 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. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "Paul" wrote in message ... Something weird has happened, and I seem to have lost my English dictionary in my Outlook Express 6.0. The only dictionary showing is French - why, I have no idea, since I never selected this. I was running Office 2000, and recently removed it to install Office 2007 - not sure if that had anything to do with the lost dictionary. The English dictionary is installed and working fine in Office 2007, btw. And I am not using Outlook.. just Outlook Express. One other thing, and again, I am not sure it is related, but I recently re-installed Xp on this system, and 'maybe' there is a possibiltiy that I did not select the right language, but somehow I doubt that, as everything else is working fine in English. But, now I need to remove the French dictionary and add the English one to OE. Please help!! Thanks! -- Paul |
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