For Office/Word97 on WinXP, this seems to be the common cause:
Restoring csapi3t1.dll file
How To: Fix spell checking in Outlook Express 6
http://www.tech-pro.co.uk/howto_010.html
Spell check not working in XP Outlook Express
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/spellcheck.htm

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"Jack" wrote in message
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During the re-install I also installed MS Office 97 Professional. This
was
the setup I had installed for the last 4 years until the crash. Worked
fine
up to the crash.

JAck

"mac" wrote:


"Jack" wrote in message
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Having had to re-install from a formatted hard drive I now have a
spell
checking problem with OE6.
If sending (spell check set to auto check before send) I get the
error
message; 'The spell check was halted on this document. Do you want
to send
it
anyway?'.
If using the Tools menu Spelling command (or pressing F7) I get the
error
message; 'An error occured whilst the spelling was being checked'.
Any ideas?

Jack

OE does not have a spell checker, it uses MS Word or Works, did you
reinstall either of those yet?

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