Brian Lunergan wrote: > James Elliott - WA Rural Computers wrote: >> Hi >> >> last time I wrote we were talking about extensions and about being >> reminded over and over again about downloadable extensions we don't >> want. For example, I don't want the American English dictionary as I >> use the Australian English one. Someone suggested uninstalling the >> things you don't want, and then you will not be alerted to downloadable >> upgrades, so, next time I was asked if i wanted the latest American >> English dictionary upgrade I clicked on the button which said "uninstall >> this extension" (this button was in the extensions pop-up screen). >> >> Now, in Outlook Express (Win XP) I cannot spell check my outgoing e-mails. >> >> I presume that I have unwittingly uninstalled the dictionary the Outlook >> Express uses to spell check e-mails. This surprises me as the OE >> dictionary is a M$ product and I uninstalled from an OOo screen. >> >> I would be much obliged if any of you can: >> 1. comment on what I might have done wrong; >> 2. tell me where the OE dictionary resides; >> 3. tell me what I need to do to regain spell check functinality in OE - >> ie put a dictionary in a place that OE can both read and understand. >> > > Hi: > > Short answer is that, if you took Office off your system, you will have > removed the source of OE's spell checking ability. It can't do it on its > own. Check out this link for some background. > > http://www.tech-pro.net/howto_010.html > > Check out this one for a freeware alternative/substitute. > > http://www.geocities.com/vampirefo/ > > Enjoy! Hope this helps a little. > > Hi James
There is an Australian English spellchecker for OE at http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oooau/ See point 10 I think there is a nominal charge for this, Kelvin Edridge who runs the site was a one-time contributor to OOo Regards Russell --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
