My wife's PC, using Outlook Express 6, somehow wound up with a setting for
French, in spell checking. When I hit the radio button (drop-down variety),
nothing else shows up. How can I get it back to US-EN.

TIA,

Hagen Sahm

Office 2007 is the culprit.

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

Outlook Express cannot use the MS Word spell check in Office 2007.
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).

Australian English Spell Check
(Also suitable for other English speaking countries.)
http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oespellcheck/

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


"Hagar" wrote in message
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My wife's PC, using Outlook Express 6, somehow wound up with a setting for
French, in spell checking. When I hit the radio button (drop-down
variety), nothing else shows up. How can I get it back to US-EN.

TIA,

Hagen Sahm

Found this solution too!
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How to fix the Outlook Express spelling checker when the French
Dictionary is the only dictionary
Found this and it works great!

........ install just the proofing tools from your previous version of Office
(using the custom install option). You can get them from any older Office
suite or application - including FrontPage, Publisher or standalone versions
of Word, Excel, or Outlook.

To install just the proofing tools from Office 2003, run Office setup and
choose the custom option. Uncheck all programs in the list and add a check
to choose the options at the bottom of the programs list. No the nest
screen, set each top level item to be Not Available (red X icon). Expand the
Office Shared Features branch and locate Proofing tools in the list. Expand
proofing tools and choose English, setting it to Run from my computer.
Finish the installation.

Once installed, restart OE - go to Tools, Options and verify Spelling is
configured to use the correct English dictionary.

http://blogs.msdn.com/dgoldman/archi...ictionary.aspx

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Regards,

Touch Base



"Hagar" wrote in message
...
My wife's PC, using Outlook Express 6, somehow wound up with a setting for
French, in spell checking. When I hit the radio button (drop-down variety),
nothing else shows up. How can I get it back to US-EN.

TIA,

Hagen Sahm

Or use the opportunity to improve your French...

:-)
DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
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"Touch Base" wrote in message
...

Found this solution too!
================================================== ==========================
How to fix the Outlook Express spelling checker when the French
Dictionary is the only dictionary
Found this and it works great!

....... install just the proofing tools from your previous version of
Office
(using the custom install option). You can get them from any older Office
suite or application - including FrontPage, Publisher or standalone
versions
of Word, Excel, or Outlook.

To install just the proofing tools from Office 2003, run Office setup and
choose the custom option. Uncheck all programs in the list and add a check
to choose the options at the bottom of the programs list. No the nest
screen, set each top level item to be Not Available (red X icon). Expand
the
Office Shared Features branch and locate Proofing tools in the list.
Expand
proofing tools and choose English, setting it to Run from my computer.
Finish the installation.

Once installed, restart OE - go to Tools, Options and verify Spelling is
configured to use the correct English dictionary.

http://blogs.msdn.com/dgoldman/archi...ictionary.aspx

================================================== ==============================

Regards,

Touch Base



"Hagar" wrote in message
...
My wife's PC, using Outlook Express 6, somehow wound up with a setting for
French, in spell checking. When I hit the radio button (drop-down
variety),
nothing else shows up. How can I get it back to US-EN.

TIA,

Hagen Sahm