John, thanks for the information. I've got Outlook working again, so I've given up on oe. Cheers Alex
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JOHN JUSTICE Sent: 01 February 2009 20:30 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] spell check in oe This same problem came up a while ago, Alex. Basically, for some odd reason, French is the default language for Outlook Express. The way to correct the problem is to look for the .LEX file in your PC. Since Outlook worked with Spell Check, there has to be one in there somewhere. You could then copy that file to the Outlook Express folder. You might even be able to "import" the file using that function in Outlook Express. Failing that, there are several free dictionary files available. The point is this. Outlook Express is defaulting to French because it can't find an English dictionary on which to base its spell checking function. If you have Microsoft Word on your system, it has an excellent dictionary file. In some rare cases, what you may need to do is to uninstall Internet Explorer and then re-install it afterwards. I suggest that you first try to find a dictionary file in the Office folder. Since you already have Outlook, that file has to be there. John Justice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Stone" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 11:31 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] spell check in oe > Since I'm having a major Outlook problem at the moment, i'm forced to use > Outlook Express. This is not really a big deal. However, I like to have my > messages spell checked before sending. Having checked this option in the > options dialog box, I find that the language I have selected to check > spelling in is French, and I don't seem to be able to change this. Any > help would be most welcome. The spellcheck was working fine in Outlook > 2007. > Cheers > Alex > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [email protected] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [email protected] > Use the following address in order to contact the management team > [email protected] > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [email protected] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [email protected] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [email protected] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [email protected] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [email protected] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [email protected] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [email protected]
