Using Outlook Express version 6. Suddenly my "Spell Check" is using the
French language to verify spelling on outgoing email - I speak English. When
I go to "tools" and "options", the only language choice in the drop down is
"French". How can I get it to revert to "English" spell checking?
(Potential source of problem? - I just installed Office 2007)

http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20061228.htm

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"Villars" wrote in message
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Using Outlook Express version 6. Suddenly my "Spell Check" is using the
French language to verify spelling on outgoing email - I speak English.
When
I go to "tools" and "options", the only language choice in the drop down
is
"French". How can I get it to revert to "English" spell checking?
(Potential source of problem? - I just installed Office 2007)

Courtesy of Bruce Hagen, MS-MVP Outlook Express


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).

Or from:
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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"Villars" wrote in message ...
Using Outlook Express version 6. Suddenly my "Spell Check" is using the
French language to verify spelling on outgoing email - I speak English. When
I go to "tools" and "options", the only language choice in the drop down is
"French". How can I get it to revert to "English" spell checking?
(Potential source of problem? - I just installed Office 2007)