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Windows Forum / Outlook Express / General Topics / April 2008OE defaulted to French Dic - no English available?
A friend of mine with OE installed has the French Dictionary installed. Unfortunately, she writes in English :-) I looked in the OE Options but French is the only language available. What's the best way to get the English dictionary installed on her system? Thanks, > A friend of mine with OE installed has the French Dictionary > installed. Unfortunately, she writes in English :-) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks, Google works. http://www.google.com/search?q=%2B"outlook+express"+%2Bfrench+%2Bspelling She also has Office 2007 installed. You no longer have spell checking capabilities in some languages in Outlook Express 6.0 after you install the 2007 Microsoft Office system: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932974 Office 2007 breaks OE's spell check. Downloading a free spell check is the simplest way around this. Vampirefo: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952 TinySpell: http://www.tinyspell.m6.net/ (Checks the spelling as you type). Australian English Spell Check (Also suitable for other English speaking countries.) http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oespellcheck/ If you have a previous version of Office, see this: http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20061228.htm  SignatureBruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA >A friend of mine with OE installed has the French Dictionary > installed. Unfortunately, she writes in English :-) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks, >She also has Office 2007 installed. > >You no longer have spell checking capabilities in some languages in Outlook >Express 6.0 after you install the 2007 Microsoft Office system: >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932974 Wow... thanks... all I can say is "WTF?". <rant> It would be really nice if MS got a clue one day. I guess spending all that money on a proper patch would have meant Bill Gates would have had to forgo a new painting for the mansion. </rant> I will look into the alternatives you suggested. Thanks, >>She also has Office 2007 installed. >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Thanks, The short version is that the Office Team and the Outlook Express Team let each other know what they were doing. There hasn't been an Outlook Express team for about two years now, so Office 2007 mating well with OE never happened. SignatureBruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA See my earlier posts, and still no answer! I have downloaded Vampire, but its works in Office 2007, but under OE6, the SPELLING... menu is dimmed. Please any one give me a hint as to how I can fix this? John ", > The short version is that the Office Team and the Outlook Express Team let > each other know what they were doing. There hasn't been an Outlook Express > team for about two years now, so Office 2007 mating well with OE never > happened. Sorry, I lost your OP. Remove Vampirefo. Go back to the download site. Close all other programs and turn off your anti-virus. Click to download and Save it to your HDD. Close the site and go to where you saved it and install it. Reboot. Does it work in OE now? SignatureBruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA > See my earlier posts, and still no answer! > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> Express team for about two years now, so Office 2007 mating well with OE >> never happened. No Bruce, it doesn't. Got me mystified, I now have XP PRO with SP3, I wonder if that has anything to do with it? I will give up and look for my old copy of Office 2003 and re install the software. Thanks for trying. John > Sorry, I lost your OP. Remove Vampirefo. Go back to the download site. > Close all other programs and turn off your anti-virus. Click to download > and Save it to your HDD. Close the site and go to where you saved it and > install it. Reboot. Does it work in OE now? I don't know if SP3 can be at fault or not. It is a release candidate for testers and should only be used if you don't worry about screwing up your machine and possibly having to reformat at some point. I strongly urge people only download beta programs at their own risk. We were inundated with problems when SP2 was beta and people jumped the gun downloading it when it was still full of flaws. You might be able to find out if any of the testers has seen your problem here. Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) Use this forum for all issues related to Windows XP SP3: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17 SignatureBruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA > No Bruce, it doesn't. Got me mystified, I now have XP PRO with SP3, I > wonder if that has anything to do with it? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> and Save it to your HDD. Close the site and go to where you saved it and >> install it. Reboot. Does it work in OE now? Actually Bruce, the SP3 was an automatic download from the Microsoft site. . >I don't know if SP3 can be at fault or not. It is a release candidate for >testers and should only be used if you don't worry about screwing up your [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Use this forum for all issues related to Windows XP SP3: > http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17 From Microsoft Updates? It isn't available here until the 29th except for MSDN and TechNet subscribers. SignatureBruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA > Actually Bruce, the SP3 was an automatic download from the Microsoft site. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> Use this forum for all issues related to Windows XP SP3: >> http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17 FUD alert! Automatic Updates offered WinXP SP3 Beta because you opted into being offered beta software by Windows Update. WinXP SP3 won't be offered by Windows Update until 29 Apr-08. Automatic Updates will begin offering WinXP SP3 in June 2008. You will have to uninstall WinXP SP3 Beta to be able to install WinXP SP3 final release. Signature~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ > Actually Bruce, the SP3 was an automatic download from the Microsoft site. > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> MS-MVP Outlook Express >> Imperial Beach, CA Sorry, it a mystery as I haven't been any near any site to opt to receive it, It was a surprise to me when I discovered it had downloaded and installed it. Let me know what a FUD is please. John > FUD alert! > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > You will have to uninstall WinXP SP3 Beta to be able to install WinXP SP3 > final release. Go to Windows Update website | Click on Change Settings (left menu) | Scroll down to Advanced section and you should find "Show beta products..." checked. Signature~PA Bear > Sorry, it a mystery as I haven't been any near any site to opt to receive > it, It was a surprise to me when I discovered it had downloaded and [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net >> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ Robear, I did as you said, and checked but no it isn't checked, as you wrote: ........."the Scroll down to Advanced section and you should find "Show beta products..." checked.".......... It certainly isn't checked (or ticked) as I was aware of that trap and made sure of that. Its a puzzling one, I definitely didn't opt into being offered Windows Beta software updates. Still wanting to know what a "FUD alert!" is?????? John > Go to Windows Update website | Click on Change Settings (left menu) | > Scroll down to Advanced section and you should find "Show beta > products..." checked. Unless you chose to manually install WinXP SP3 Beta at some point in the past and then uninstalled it, I have no idea why it was offered to the machine. > Robear, > I did as you said, and checked but no it isn't checked, as you wrote: [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> -- >> ~PA Bear Next question is can I delete it? Will it revert back to SP2? John > Unless you chose to manually install WinXP SP3 Beta at some point in the > past and then uninstalled it, I have no idea why it was offered to the > machine. To keep track of things, it helps immensely if you include all of previous message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup, John. Thank you. Uninstalling WinXP SP3 Beta via Add/Remove Programs /should/ return the machine to WinXP SP2. If not, you're looking at a format & reinstall (which is a possibility you accept by default if you install any beta application). Signature~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ > Next question is can I delete it? Will it revert back to SP2? > >> Unless you chose to manually install WinXP SP3 Beta at some point in the >> past and then uninstalled it, I have no idea why it was offered to the >> machine. >The short version is that the Office Team and the Outlook Express Team let >each other know what they were doing. There hasn't been an Outlook Express >team for about two years now, so Office 2007 mating well with OE never >happened. Yeah, I understand. I'm not surprised that they obsoleted the previous dictionary, or even that that fact was discovered post production ("Gee, uh Larry... before we change the dictionary format, are there other MS products that use it?") The incredible part is that they don't even consider it necessary to produce a patch for the problem. |
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