Language setting problem on Outlook Express

Hey, msolga!

I've nothing to do with your problem!

However, it seems to be a known issue.

Read here: Outlook wants to be French

Francis!

I just knew this would catch your attention!

Now how did I know you'd be the first to respond?

As much as I'm delighted to hear from you, Francis (always!), this doesn't solve the problem of the mangled advice my spellchecker gives me.

Francis, I checked the link in your post. Are you certain it's safe?

Unfortunately, on the internet, one never knows when it's safe, msolga!

I'll give it some thought and, if I find something, I'll get back to you..

Thank you, Francis.

In the meantime ... if anyone else has had the same problem & resolved it, I'd be very grateful to hear from you!

You've gone to

Tools

Options

Spelling


Language



Right?

Many, many times, Deb! Francis is right: this is indeed an established "issue". It's how to actually fix it that I'm not clear about.

Francis posted this link earlier:

Outlook-Express-spell-checker-stuck-French-change:



http://help.wugnet.com/office/Outlook-Express-spell-checker-stuck-French-change-ftopict1052576.html

Weird.

It most certainly is!!!


Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Perhaps you may need to learn to self-edit?


I am very tempted to turn my spell checker off, as it gags and foams about names and such innocent stuff.

Yeah, I might have to, Deb!

But it's very annoying that a product (marketed by a "reputable" company) with a known flaw becomes the problem of the consumer!

When you upgrade an earlier version of Office to a 2007 Office system, the old spelling checker files are removed for the following languages:

* English
* Spanish
* German

These files are replaced with newer versions that are included in the 2007 Office system. The new files are incompatible with Outlook Express.
You can resolve this issue by installing Windows Live Mail.
Windows Live Mail is downloadable from http://download.live.com/wlmail (http://download.live.com/wlmail)

There are a variety of third-party free spell-checking programs available on the Internet. You can learn about available programs by visiting the Microsoft Communities site. This site lets you obtain advice from other users and from Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs). To access the Microsoft Communities site, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/default.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/communities/default.mspx)
You can also use a search site to find spell-checking programs. For example, you can search for spell-checking programs at the following Web site:
http://www.live.com (http://www.live.com)

FIXED!

Thanks for all that information last night dadpad. I had problems downloading the necessary extra file, so rang Microsoft Support this morning to see what the problem was. Chiang (in Malaysia!) helped me go through all the steps over the phone (after sending me the file by email). Turns out the file wouldn't download before because I use a Firefox browser. After a couple of unsuccessful attempts we switched to IE & hey presto, that did the trick! (Thank you, Chiang! )

Actually I've had this problem with a couple of downloads before. After following all the right steps (I swear! ), still no files! Now I know why.

Thank you Francis, Deb & dadpad. Your efforts to assist were much appreciated.

BTW if anyone here should be experiencing the same problems with Outlook Express, feel free to PM me & I'll pass on the fix-it details to you.

I have exactly the same problem with my OE - ONLY French as the spellchecker (somehow it just changed a few weeks ago - has been English for the last 4 years) so I have no idea why/how it changed to French. Maybe an Update of some sort? Who knows? - I am NOT a computer expert, that's for sure. So...Olga, if you could pass on the fix-it details, I would be forever grateful! Thank you very much. BTW - I'm glad you mentioned the Firefox/IE problem, because I generally use Firefox so I would have had the same problem as you did :-(

Hello, noirambok.

I had the same (only French available ) spellchecker problem when I purchased new copies of Windows IE & Microsoft Office. (setting up a new computer). I contacted Microsoft's help service they provided & also helped me install a small additional program which set things right again. It was a flaw in their program.