Spell-Check in Outlook Express

[Brangwen]

Fellow members:

I used to have "spell check" enabled in Outlook Express. I changed HDDs, and "spell check" is no longer available.

Someone told me I needed to have Microsoft Word loaded in order for "spell check" to work in Outlook: is this right? Or is there a "hidden" option somewhere that I simply cannot find?

Thx.

Brangwen

[Graham]

Brangwen,
From Outlook Xpress help,

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To check the spelling in messages
Outlook Express uses the spelling checker provided with the following Microsoft Office 95 and Office 97 programs: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint. If you do not have one of these programs installed, the Spelling command is not available.


Endquote

[Brangwen]

Graham:

Another mystery solved! I can't believe I missed that ...

I use WordPerfect for all my documents. I'll load MS Word just to activate my "spell-check!"

Thx.

Brangwen

[surreal]

If you're not running 98 you will need a dll file that xp and 2k doesn't have. Talked about here

[Brangwen]

Surreal:

Thanks! I'm running win98se, but if I change my OS, I'll refer to thread!

Brangwen

[RayH]

The above is the default method of getting a spell checker. There are some third party sharewares that will do it also.

[Brangwen]

RayH:

Thanks ...

I think I'll just load MS Office 2000 on a distant drive ... or, I can continue to cry over my mispelt words!

Brangwen