My spell checker is also stuck in the French mode. I have noticed that it started after upgrading from Word 2003 to the Word 2007 version.

It is maddening !!

Not so much stuck as other languages being unavailable. You may be aware of
what can be done, but for others without spelling check after upgrading the
following should help.

Thanks to Bruce Hagen, MS-MVP for most of the following information:

Office 2007 removes the English, German and Spanish language files that
Outlook Express uses for spelling check.

This article suggests finding a spell check on the Web.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932974/en-us

Downloading a free spell check is the
simplest way around this.

Some free spell check programs.

Vampirefo:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952

TinySpell:
http://www.tinyspell.m6.net/ (Checks the spelling as you type).

Or from this blog:
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 doesn't 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 won't run into this problem:
a.. An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if you
don't 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.
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Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
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My spell checker is also stuck in the French mode. I have noticed that it
started after upgrading from Word 2003 to the Word 2007 version.

It is maddening !!

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My spell checker is also stuck in the French mode. I have noticed that it
started after upgrading from Word 2003 to the Word 2007 version.

It is maddening !!



Office (or Word) 2007 breaks OE's spelling checker. Reinstall the proofing
tools from Word 2003 or Try one of these:

Free spellchecker.
which I use on my laptop, which has Works.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/article.php?sid=2952&cat=10A

And here's a freeware that checks your spelling as you type:
TinySpell
http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
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My spell checker is also stuck in the French mode. I have noticed that it started after upgrading from Word 2003 to the Word 2007 version.

It is maddening !!