Not being given spell check option

[Dee]

After setting up Outlook Express on XP, I have been
unable to access the spell check. I tried the "help"
button, but it just told me to do exactly what I had
already tried. The "spelling" option is not highlighted.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Dee

[Thorsten Matzner]

"Dee" > wrote:

>After setting up Outlook Express on XP, I have been
>unable to access the spell check. I tried the "help"
>button, but it just told me to do exactly what I had
>already tried. The "spelling" option is not highlighted.

Install Microsoft Office with the spell checking features. OE does not
come with a spell checker but can use the one that comes with Office.

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(tm)

[Amethyst]

Dee wrote:
> After setting up Outlook Express on XP, I have been
> unable to access the spell check. I tried the "help"
> button, but it just told me to do exactly what I had
> already tried. The "spelling" option is not highlighted.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks!
> Dee

So you've tried installing an MS Office family application then?

[Joel Estes]

Microsoft Word or Microsoft Work.

Joel

"Amethyst" > wrote in message
...
> Dee wrote:
> > After setting up Outlook Express on XP, I have been
> > unable to access the spell check. I tried the "help"
> > button, but it just told me to do exactly what I had
> > already tried. The "spelling" option is not highlighted.
> > Any ideas?
> > Thanks!
> > Dee
>
> So you've tried installing an MS Office family application then?
>
>

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Outlook Express, as you've discovered, has no spell-checking
capabilities of its own. Instead, it relies upon the presence of
other Microsoft applications, such as the Office Suite, Word, or the
Works Suite. There are also some 3rd-party shareware/freeware
solutions available at any of the many shareware sites on the Internet

Spell Magic seems well thought-of, though I haven't tried it myself:
http://www.alcodasoftware.com/spell-magic.htm.


Bruce Chambers

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"Dee" > wrote in message
...
> After setting up Outlook Express on XP, I have been
> unable to access the spell check. I tried the "help"
> button, but it just told me to do exactly what I had
> already tried. The "spelling" option is not highlighted.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks!
> Dee

[Amethyst]

Joel Estes wrote:
> Microsoft Word or Microsoft Work.
>
> Joel


Joel,

Vanilla Works will /NOT/ work. The Works Suite is required as this contains
Word.