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    Default Outlook Express Spell Check Problems

    Can anyone help with a fix for outlook express spell checker ?

    It appears to be a known problem with outlook express once office 2007 or later has been installed , outlook express reverts to French only dictionary and all others disappear.
    Searched all over the place for a fix and only find addon apps which are crap , Really need to have English Australian Dictionary back as a dictionary option.
    MS website says the outlook express team dropped support for spell checker some time ago.

    If anyone can help it would be very much appreciated , I wasted hours trying to fix this.



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    spell checker for OE v2.1 is what i used to fix that problem



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    Thanks for the reply , With this installed Outlook express just locks when it's time to do spell check.

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    what version OE - 5, 5.5, 6

    google says:

    Tip 379: Office 2007 and OE Spell Check
    After a long break to move, the Tips are back!

    If you install Office 2007, spell checking in Outlook Express may not work as expected, unless you want spell check in French. This is because Office 2007 uses new proofing tools and OE can’t use them because it’s designed to use the older tools.

    It’s easy to fix: 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.


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    Scenario: Purchased a brand new computer with XP and activated Office 2007 60-Day trial license (although a full version should still run into the same problem). English dictionary no longer appeared in OE. Downloaded OE English 2.1 dictionary from Softpedia and installed it. From OE, go to Tools -> Spelling -> Select English Dictionary. Now every time you spell check, Outlook Express crashes. Since a copy of Office 2003 is not available, cannot use the proofing tools from that version.

    Solution: If 2007 shared proofing tools are installed, installing a third party spelling dictionary might cause this scenario. Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Offce 2007 -> Remove. This will give you the option to change your installed settings. Follow the prompts until you get to the part where you select which parts of office you want to install. Locate Sharing -> Proofing and set entire category to not installed. Let the installation update itself. Now reinstall the English Dictionary from Softpedia.com. When running the spell checker, Outlook Express should no longer crash. Spell check features still work in Office 2007 as well.

    hope that helps

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    Thanks Mysterex ,

    Tried second option but could not find an English / Australian Dictionary or English only from softpedia , so went the first option after digging around for my old office 2003 , now works great .
    Appreciate your time mate .

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