It was suggested on the radio today that we should NOT upgrade to OFFICE 2007
as it would damage our Outlook Express files, preventing the English Language
dictionary from functioning.

It won't damage anything in OE, but there is a language issue that is easily
resolved. Remember, OE has never had a spell check of its own and if you
have an Office product, it will use the spell check from Word. I have used a
free spell check for years.

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


"AmpneyFrank" wrote in message
...
It was suggested on the radio today that we should NOT upgrade to OFFICE
2007
as it would damage our Outlook Express files, preventing the English
Language
dictionary from functioning.

Many thanks Bruce.

Whilst this solves the spelling problem, I don't understand how the average
user could be expected to know that Outlook Express does not have its own
spell check. It doesn't say on the box, and the Office 2007 box doesn't warn
of the damage it may do to other non-supported programs.

Microsoft could try and be a bit more hepful. We're not all software geeks.



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

It won't damage anything in OE, but there is a language issue that is easily
resolved. Remember, OE has never had a spell check of its own and if you
have an Office product, it will use the spell check from Word. I have used a
free spell check for years.

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


"AmpneyFrank" wrote in message
...
It was suggested on the radio today that we should NOT upgrade to OFFICE
2007
as it would damage our Outlook Express files, preventing the English
Language
dictionary from functioning.

The millions of users that, like myself, never had an Office product would
realize right away that OE did not have a spell check of its own. You don't
have to be a software geek to see that.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"AmpneyFrank" wrote in message
...
Many thanks Bruce.

Whilst this solves the spelling problem, I don't understand how the
average
user could be expected to know that Outlook Express does not have its own
spell check. It doesn't say on the box, and the Office 2007 box doesn't
warn
of the damage it may do to other non-supported programs.

Microsoft could try and be a bit more hepful. We're not all software
geeks.



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

It won't damage anything in OE, but there is a language issue that is
easily
resolved. Remember, OE has never had a spell check of its own and if you
have an Office product, it will use the spell check from Word. I have
used a
free spell check for years.

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


"AmpneyFrank" wrote in message
...
It was suggested on the radio today that we should NOT upgrade to
OFFICE
2007
as it would damage our Outlook Express files, preventing the English
Language
dictionary from functioning.