Outlook Express 6.0 spellcheck

Question

When I spellcheck an email, OE uses the french dictionary.  I have tried changing the option to English but after clicking 'apply' and closing the box, it returns to the french dictionary.  I have checked the other MS products with spell check (Word and Excel); they are set to english and work ok.  Any other suggestions?

Mary G · Answer

Go into Windows control panel and check the Regional & Language Settings there.

billff · Answer

Mary - The Regional & Language Settings  indicate english and   I unchecked all other languages under the advanced tab.  Still no luck, OE still uses the french dictionary.  It must be a conspiacy!

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Use OE "Create Mail" & Right click on 2nd Toolbar & select Customize to add ABC / Spelling
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highlandbill · Answer

Correct me if I am wrong. OE dosen't have a spell check.

You need Microsoft Outlook installed to have the spell check option.

Open Microsoft Outlook, click tools, options.

On the spelling tab make sure English is the language in the box.

Hope this helps.

highlandbill

Denny Denham · Answer

@highlandbill wrote:

Correct me if I am wrong. OE dosen't have a spell check.

You need Microsoft Outlook installed to have the spell check option.

Open Microsoft Outlook, click tools, options.

On the spelling tab make sure English is the language in the box.

Hope this helps.

highlandbill

Okay, you're wrong. Outlook Express uses the dictionary in Word (or a couple of other Microsoft Office applications) to provide a spelling check function. billff is doing all the correct things by selecting English on the spelling tab of Tools|Options but that selection is not retained.

billff · Answer

Thanks. Actually I use Spybot from time to time. It had an update last week so I downloaded it and ran the program. Still no change in the OE dictionary.

I'll think I'll continue to try and find a fix for the spellcheck before downloading a different one.

Windows General

Outlook Express 6.0 spellcheck

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