Language Set To French

External Since: May 20, 2008 Posts: 2

I installed Vampirefo and it does list English as a spelling option now.
However, if I select English the message locks up and does not spell check or
send. Do you know if there's anyway to correc this other than going back to
French.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

> Office 2007 breaks OE's spell check. Downloading a free spell check is the
> simplest way around this.
>
> Some free spell check programs.
>
> Vampirefo:
> http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952
>
> TinySpell:
> http://www.tinyspell.m6.net/ (Checks the spelling as you type).
>
> Or from this blog:
> http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
>
> After installing Office 2007 RTM, you dont have English as a choice of
> language in the spell checker of Outlook Express and potentially other
> programs.
>
>
> a.. Office 2007 is replacing the v.3 English Proofing Tools that shipped
> in prior versions of Office with a new version (v.6). There are a number of
> changes in this new version, but the one that is causing this problem is
> that Outlook Express doesn't understand the new English Proofing Tools. This
> is a problem because Outlook Express has never shipped with its own proofing
> tools but has used the ones shipped by Office.
> b.. There are a few scenarios in which you won't run into this problem:
> a.. An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if you
> don't manually uninstall the earlier version of Office.
> b.. A configuration in which Office 2003 (or earlier) has not been
> removed.
> For example, I have Office 2003 still on both of my computers, and I
> still have English in Outlook Express.
> c.. The workaround for this problem is to install the English dictionary
> from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all of
> Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in the
> Custom Install tree under Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English.
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP Outlook Express
> ~IB-CA~
>
> "Dell Boy" <Dell Boy.TakeThisOut@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:1A4D3040-198C-4E95-AB59-34BA75357D03@microsoft.com...
> > I've just installed Office 2007 Home and student Edition on a Windows XP
> > Home
> > SP2 PC with latest updates and the Language (Tools-Options-Spelling) in
> > Outlook Express 6 SP2 has now changed to French. It is not possible to
> > change
> > language becasue French is selected but greyed out.
> >
> > The Primary Editing Language in Office 2007 is English United Kingdom and
> > English United States is also in the Enabled Editing Languages list.
> >
> > Can anyone give any suggestions?
>
>

External Since: Apr 17, 2004 Posts: 14930

We heard you the first time.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

"Lu" <Lu RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F3541364-0FE9-4999-9C72-D9C5D8E52654@microsoft.com...
>I installed Vampirefo and it does list English as a spelling option now.
> However, if I select English the message locks up and does not spell check
> or
> send. Do you know if there's anyway to correc this other than going back
> to
> French.
>
>
> "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
>
>> Office 2007 breaks OE's spell check. Downloading a free spell check is
>> the
>> simplest way around this.
>>
>> Some free spell check programs.
>>
>> Vampirefo:
>> http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952
>>
>> TinySpell:
>> http://www.tinyspell.m6.net/ (Checks the spelling as you type).
>>
>> Or from this blog:
>> http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
>>
>> After installing Office 2007 RTM, you dont have English as a choice of
>> language in the spell checker of Outlook Express and potentially other
>> programs.
>>
>>
>> a.. Office 2007 is replacing the v.3 English Proofing Tools that
>> shipped
>> in prior versions of Office with a new version (v.6). There are a number
>> of
>> changes in this new version, but the one that is causing this problem is
>> that Outlook Express doesn't understand the new English Proofing Tools.
>> This
>> is a problem because Outlook Express has never shipped with its own
>> proofing
>> tools but has used the ones shipped by Office.
>> b.. There are a few scenarios in which you won't run into this problem:
>> a.. An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if you
>> don't manually uninstall the earlier version of Office.
>> b.. A configuration in which Office 2003 (or earlier) has not been
>> removed.
>> For example, I have Office 2003 still on both of my computers, and I
>> still have English in Outlook Express.
>> c.. The workaround for this problem is to install the English
>> dictionary
>> from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all
>> of
>> Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in
>> the
>> Custom Install tree under Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English.
>> --
>> Bruce Hagen
>> MS-MVP Outlook Express
>> ~IB-CA~
>>
>> "Dell Boy" <Dell Boy RemoveThis @newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:1A4D3040-198C-4E95-AB59-34BA75357D03@microsoft.com...
>> > I've just installed Office 2007 Home and student Edition on a Windows
>> > XP
>> > Home
>> > SP2 PC with latest updates and the Language (Tools-Options-Spelling) in
>> > Outlook Express 6 SP2 has now changed to French. It is not possible to
>> > change
>> > language becasue French is selected but greyed out.
>> >
>> > The Primary Editing Language in Office 2007 is English United Kingdom
>> > and
>> > English United States is also in the Enabled Editing Languages list.
>> >
>> > Can anyone give any suggestions?
>>
>>