Spell Check in Outlook Express

[George and Diane]

As long as I can remember, I have not been able to check the spelling in
outlook express. I just get a "An error has occured while the spelling was
being checked". Any ideas on how to fix this?

[Bruce Chambers]

George and Diane wrote:
> As long as I can remember, I have not been able to check the spelling in
> outlook express. I just get a "An error has occured while the spelling was
> being checked". Any ideas on how to fix this?
>
>


Outlook Express has never had 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_
(which includes Word, not the regular Works). 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.


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[Papa]

I don't know the reason for that particular error message, but Outlook
Express does not have a built-in spell checker. A spell checker must come
from some other source, such as Microsoft Word.

"George and Diane" > wrote in message
...
> As long as I can remember, I have not been able to check the spelling in
> outlook express. I just get a "An error has occured while the spelling
> was being checked". Any ideas on how to fix this?
>

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Papa wrote:

> I don't know the reason for that particular error message, but Outlook
> Express does not have a built-in spell checker. A spell checker must
> come from some other source, such as Microsoft Word.


Since the message says that the error occured *while* the spelling was being
checked, there presumably is a spell checker available.

George and Diane, read here and see if any of this helps:
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/2578/en-us/?aid=3

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> "George and Diane" > wrote in message
> ...
>> As long as I can remember, I have not been able to check the
>> spelling in outlook express. I just get a "An error has occured
>> while the spelling was being checked". Any ideas on how to fix this?

[Papa]

> Papa wrote:
>
>> I don't know the reason for that particular error message, but Outlook
>> Express does not have a built-in spell checker. A spell checker must
>> come from some other source, such as Microsoft Word.
>
>
> Since the message says that the error occured *while* the spelling was
> being checked, there presumably is a spell checker available.
>

Yes, I know that. Just wanted to clarify for the OP that OE has no spell
checker.

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Papa wrote:

>> Papa wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know the reason for that particular error message, but
>>> Outlook Express does not have a built-in spell checker. A spell
>>> checker must come from some other source, such as Microsoft Word.
>>
>>
>> Since the message says that the error occured *while* the spelling
>> was being checked, there presumably is a spell checker available.
>>
>
> Yes, I know that. Just wanted to clarify for the OP that OE has no
> spell checker.


OK. Clarification never hurts.

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[Gerry Cornell]

A possibility:
http://www.tech-pro.net/howto_010.html

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"George and Diane" > wrote in message
...
> As long as I can remember, I have not been able to check the spelling in
> outlook express. I just get a "An error has occured while the spelling
> was being checked". Any ideas on how to fix this?
>