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Mono February 7th 06 03:21 PM

Context Menu not present
 
I just noticed a little peculiarity in one machine running Windows Server
2003 Web Edition.

The context menu that comes up on right-clicking any URL within a message in
OE 6 shows only Copy, Save Picture As, Save Background As, and, Select All.
The options like Save Target As, Copy Shortcut ... are not there.

Also, the Spelling Check does not lunch. The option is greyed out in Tools
when composing a message. And I cannot find any Spell Check options in
ToolsOptions at all!

This does not affect functionality of this machine or OE itself any.
However, OE is configured for the Microsoft news-server and it would be
helpful if the options mentioned here were functional and available. There
are no server based email accounts on this machine. MS Office is not
installed on this machine.

This very-recently installed machine is patched with all MS updates
available and has SP 1 installed.

TIA

Mono





Bruce Hagen February 7th 06 03:32 PM

Context Menu not present
 
On mine, it shows:

Copy Shortcut
Save Target As
Select All
Save To Favorites

Grayed out a

Copy
Save Picture
Save Background

This is normal. Is that what you see? As far as spelling:

OE 6 does not come with its own spell check. You need Word or an MS Office
program. The spell checker in the basic Works 4 through 6 will work with OE.
Older and newer versions do not. If you have Works Suite, that includes MS
Word and a spell checker that does work with OE.

You can also download a free spell check at one of these sites.

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

http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/ (Checks the spelling as you
type).
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mono" wrote in message
nk.net...
I just noticed a little peculiarity in one machine running Windows Server
2003 Web Edition.

The context menu that comes up on right-clicking any URL within a message
in
OE 6 shows only Copy, Save Picture As, Save Background As, and, Select
All.
The options like Save Target As, Copy Shortcut ... are not there.

Also, the Spelling Check does not lunch. The option is greyed out in Tools
when composing a message. And I cannot find any Spell Check options in
ToolsOptions at all!

This does not affect functionality of this machine or OE itself any.
However, OE is configured for the Microsoft news-server and it would be
helpful if the options mentioned here were functional and available. There
are no server based email accounts on this machine. MS Office is not
installed on this machine.

This very-recently installed machine is patched with all MS updates
available and has SP 1 installed.

TIA

Mono






Mono February 7th 06 05:40 PM

Context Menu not present
 
Mine does not show what it does on yours. All I can see are the Copy, Save
Picture, Save background (greyed out on yours, as you say). I don't see
anything at all as on the other computers I use (Win 2003 Std, Win XP Pro,
Win XP MCE, Win 2000 Pro...)

I understand the part about the spell check - maybe that will change if I
install MS Office 2003 SBE (or the Pro full version) on it sometime later.

But the right-click context menu does bother me - though this is not the
primary web-browsing or usenet-reading computer here.

Regards and thanks.

Mono
--------


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
On mine, it shows:

Copy Shortcut
Save Target As
Select All
Save To Favorites

Grayed out a

Copy
Save Picture
Save Background

This is normal. Is that what you see? As far as spelling:

OE 6 does not come with its own spell check. You need Word or an MS Office
program. The spell checker in the basic Works 4 through 6 will work with
OE. Older and newer versions do not. If you have Works Suite, that
includes MS Word and a spell checker that does work with OE.

You can also download a free spell check at one of these sites.

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

http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/ (Checks the spelling as you
type).
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mono" wrote in message
nk.net...
I just noticed a little peculiarity in one machine running Windows Server
2003 Web Edition.

The context menu that comes up on right-clicking any URL within a message
in
OE 6 shows only Copy, Save Picture As, Save Background As, and, Select
All.
The options like Save Target As, Copy Shortcut ... are not there.

Also, the Spelling Check does not lunch. The option is greyed out in
Tools
when composing a message. And I cannot find any Spell Check options in
ToolsOptions at all!

This does not affect functionality of this machine or OE itself any.
However, OE is configured for the Microsoft news-server and it would be
helpful if the options mentioned here were functional and available.
There
are no server based email accounts on this machine. MS Office is not
installed on this machine.

This very-recently installed machine is patched with all MS updates
available and has SP 1 installed.

TIA

Mono










Bruce Hagen February 7th 06 05:48 PM

Context Menu not present
 
What I described is using HTML. If you are reading in Plain Text, the
options a

Grayed Out:

Copy
Save Picture As
Save Background

Select all should be dark and functional.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mono" wrote in message
link.net...
Mine does not show what it does on yours. All I can see are the Copy, Save
Picture, Save background (greyed out on yours, as you say). I don't see
anything at all as on the other computers I use (Win 2003 Std, Win XP Pro,
Win XP MCE, Win 2000 Pro...)

I understand the part about the spell check - maybe that will change if I
install MS Office 2003 SBE (or the Pro full version) on it sometime later.

But the right-click context menu does bother me - though this is not the
primary web-browsing or usenet-reading computer here.

Regards and thanks.

Mono
--------


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
On mine, it shows:

Copy Shortcut
Save Target As
Select All
Save To Favorites

Grayed out a

Copy
Save Picture
Save Background

This is normal. Is that what you see? As far as spelling:

OE 6 does not come with its own spell check. You need Word or an MS
Office
program. The spell checker in the basic Works 4 through 6 will work with
OE. Older and newer versions do not. If you have Works Suite, that
includes MS Word and a spell checker that does work with OE.

You can also download a free spell check at one of these sites.

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

http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/ (Checks the spelling as you
type).
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mono" wrote in message
nk.net...
I just noticed a little peculiarity in one machine running Windows Server
2003 Web Edition.

The context menu that comes up on right-clicking any URL within a
message
in
OE 6 shows only Copy, Save Picture As, Save Background As, and, Select
All.
The options like Save Target As, Copy Shortcut ... are not there.

Also, the Spelling Check does not lunch. The option is greyed out in
Tools
when composing a message. And I cannot find any Spell Check options in
ToolsOptions at all!

This does not affect functionality of this machine or OE itself any.
However, OE is configured for the Microsoft news-server and it would be
helpful if the options mentioned here were functional and available.
There
are no server based email accounts on this machine. MS Office is not
installed on this machine.

This very-recently installed machine is patched with all MS updates
available and has SP 1 installed.

TIA

Mono











Mono February 7th 06 06:04 PM

Context Menu not present
 
Thanks for hitting the nail right smack in the middle with the hammer -
unchecking the appropriate option set things right immediately.

For reasons best known only to the the higher other self that co-exists in
my body, I selected that option when adding news-servers to OE a few days
back.

I shall be installing MS Office 2003 (either SBE or Pro Full) shortly and
that should take care of the spelling thing too.

Regards and thanks very much for the quickness in helping out.

Mono
--------


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
What I described is using HTML. If you are reading in Plain Text, the
options a

Grayed Out:

Copy
Save Picture As
Save Background

Select all should be dark and functional.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mono" wrote in message
link.net...
Mine does not show what it does on yours. All I can see are the Copy,
Save
Picture, Save background (greyed out on yours, as you say). I don't see
anything at all as on the other computers I use (Win 2003 Std, Win XP
Pro,
Win XP MCE, Win 2000 Pro...)

I understand the part about the spell check - maybe that will change if I
install MS Office 2003 SBE (or the Pro full version) on it sometime
later.

But the right-click context menu does bother me - though this is not the
primary web-browsing or usenet-reading computer here.

Regards and thanks.

Mono
--------


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
On mine, it shows:

Copy Shortcut
Save Target As
Select All
Save To Favorites

Grayed out a

Copy
Save Picture
Save Background

This is normal. Is that what you see? As far as spelling:

OE 6 does not come with its own spell check. You need Word or an MS
Office
program. The spell checker in the basic Works 4 through 6 will work with
OE. Older and newer versions do not. If you have Works Suite, that
includes MS Word and a spell checker that does work with OE.

You can also download a free spell check at one of these sites.

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

http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/ (Checks the spelling as
you
type).
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mono" wrote in message
nk.net...
I just noticed a little peculiarity in one machine running Windows
Server
2003 Web Edition.

The context menu that comes up on right-clicking any URL within a
message
in
OE 6 shows only Copy, Save Picture As, Save Background As, and, Select
All.
The options like Save Target As, Copy Shortcut ... are not there.

Also, the Spelling Check does not lunch. The option is greyed out in
Tools
when composing a message. And I cannot find any Spell Check options in
ToolsOptions at all!

This does not affect functionality of this machine or OE itself any.
However, OE is configured for the Microsoft news-server and it would be
helpful if the options mentioned here were functional and available.
There
are no server based email accounts on this machine. MS Office is not
installed on this machine.

This very-recently installed machine is patched with all MS updates
available and has SP 1 installed.

TIA

Mono
















Bruce Hagen February 7th 06 06:22 PM

Context Menu not present
 
You're welcome.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mono" wrote in message
nk.net...
Thanks for hitting the nail right smack in the middle with the hammer -
unchecking the appropriate option set things right immediately.

For reasons best known only to the the higher other self that co-exists in
my body, I selected that option when adding news-servers to OE a few days
back.

I shall be installing MS Office 2003 (either SBE or Pro Full) shortly and
that should take care of the spelling thing too.

Regards and thanks very much for the quickness in helping out.

Mono
--------


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
What I described is using HTML. If you are reading in Plain Text, the
options a

Grayed Out:

Copy
Save Picture As
Save Background

Select all should be dark and functional.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mono" wrote in message
link.net...
Mine does not show what it does on yours. All I can see are the Copy,
Save
Picture, Save background (greyed out on yours, as you say). I don't see
anything at all as on the other computers I use (Win 2003 Std, Win XP
Pro,
Win XP MCE, Win 2000 Pro...)

I understand the part about the spell check - maybe that will change if
I
install MS Office 2003 SBE (or the Pro full version) on it sometime
later.

But the right-click context menu does bother me - though this is not the
primary web-browsing or usenet-reading computer here.

Regards and thanks.

Mono
--------


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
On mine, it shows:

Copy Shortcut
Save Target As
Select All
Save To Favorites

Grayed out a

Copy
Save Picture
Save Background

This is normal. Is that what you see? As far as spelling:

OE 6 does not come with its own spell check. You need Word or an MS
Office
program. The spell checker in the basic Works 4 through 6 will work
with
OE. Older and newer versions do not. If you have Works Suite, that
includes MS Word and a spell checker that does work with OE.

You can also download a free spell check at one of these sites.

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

http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/ (Checks the spelling as
you
type).
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mono" wrote in message
nk.net...
I just noticed a little peculiarity in one machine running Windows
Server
2003 Web Edition.

The context menu that comes up on right-clicking any URL within a
message
in
OE 6 shows only Copy, Save Picture As, Save Background As, and, Select
All.
The options like Save Target As, Copy Shortcut ... are not there.

Also, the Spelling Check does not lunch. The option is greyed out in
Tools
when composing a message. And I cannot find any Spell Check options in
ToolsOptions at all!

This does not affect functionality of this machine or OE itself any.
However, OE is configured for the Microsoft news-server and it would
be
helpful if the options mentioned here were functional and available.
There
are no server based email accounts on this machine. MS Office is not
installed on this machine.

This very-recently installed machine is patched with all MS updates
available and has SP 1 installed.

TIA

Mono


















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