Clay1 Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 I don't know what I did, but right now when I send an email the spell checker is checking the spelling in another language - it might be French with all of the accent marks but it sure isn't English. Can someone tell me how to get my spell checker back to the English language. Damn computers anyhow! Thanks for bailing me out - AGAIN. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDRODA396 Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Click "Tools" to expose the pull down menu... Click "Options" ... Click the "Spelling" tab on the top... At the bottom is "Chose which dictionary to use...you'll see... Hope this helps...I hate comfusers myself!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay1 Posted February 11, 2007 Author Share Posted February 11, 2007 Click "Tools" to expose the pull down menu...Click "Options" ... Click the "Spelling" tab on the top... At the bottom is "Chose which dictionary to use...you'll see... Hope this helps...I hate comfusers myself!!! Thanks for the help. I couldn't change it though. I hit, "tools" then "options" then clicked on the "spelling" tab. At the bottom it says "French" but there is no other selection to choose from just "french" even when I hit the pull down menu. I can edit my custom dictionary, which is where words that were not originally in the dictionary I have added. I followed your instructions but still have no resolution. Thanks for the try though. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDRODA396 Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Sorry that didnt do it for you, thats about the extent of my comfuser saavy, maybe someone else on here will be able to figure it out...GOOD LUCK! PH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay1 Posted February 11, 2007 Author Share Posted February 11, 2007 Sorry that didnt do it for you, thats about the extent of my comfuser saavy, maybe someone else on here will be able to figure it out...GOOD LUCK!PH That was farther that I got on my own so thanks. I went to microsoft on line help and found some having problems once an update was done that went to English from their chosen language. It might have been some auto update issue. I still haven't found the answer yet. I did just upgrade to microsoft office 2007 but I don't think that has anything to do with it, but the correlation is strange. Again, thanks for the try, Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vluc Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 (edited) How about checking the language selections in Windows itself. just in case....start/control panel/regional & language settings. 2007 is a different beast...installed on a computer at work, but I can't warm to it. Way too used to 2003. Edited February 11, 2007 by vluc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Click "Tools" to expose the pull down menu... Click "Options" ... Click the "Spelling" tab on the top... At the bottom is "Chose which dictionary to use...you'll see... Hope this helps...I hate comfusers myself!!! Thanks for the help. I couldn't change it though. I hit, "tools" then "options" then clicked on the "spelling" tab. At the bottom it says "French" but there is no other selection to choose from just "french" even when I hit the pull down menu. I can edit my custom dictionary, which is where words that were not originally in the dictionary I have added. I followed your instructions but still have no resolution. Thanks for the try though. Rick I get a drop down list. It lists 4 English versions, 2 French and 1 Spanish. Outlook 6, Office 2003. I did just upgrade to microsoft office 2007 but I don't think that has anything to do with it, but the correlation is strange. Did you have the problem before this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay1 Posted February 11, 2007 Author Share Posted February 11, 2007 I have had the machine since Dec and upgraded to Office 2007 just a couple of days ago, it was about the same time or within a day when the spell checker went to French. I checked CDRODA396's suggestions again and only have French as an option in the pull down menu. I now believe it is tied to office 2007. I've been working on this for hours and hours and still have no resolution. Vulc, I checked windows itself and I am on English (US) so that is not it. Even though I don't consider myself very computer savy I was much more use to 2003 and it will take me a while to find things in 2007. The new computer came with a TRIAL version of 2003 but it was only good for a month or so and then ran out. I couldn't do anything with any of the documents that I created besides read only so hence the reason for the upgrade. Thanks again for the ideas guys. I have been digging around with the "Translator settings" and while I feel like I am close at times still no cigar. Right now I am on the Microsoft help site, but still looking. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay1 Posted February 11, 2007 Author Share Posted February 11, 2007 Check this out from the Microsoft online discussion group: Subject: Re: Spelling Language in French only 12/13/2006 2:12 AM PST By: Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP] In: microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress DY wrote: > My computer is running Windows Server 2003 English Edition with default > setting in Regional and Langauge Options. That means everything is in > English (US). > > In Outlook Express --> Options --> Spelling --> Langauge, it shoudl > 'French (France)' only. What's wrong is it? How can I add English back? > Thx. Courtesy of Bruce Hagen - MS-MVP Outlook Express The spell checker in Office 2007 is not compatible with OE6. Try a free spell checker instead. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952 http://www.tinyspell.m6.net/ ; (Checks the spelling as you type). -- Vincenzo Di Russo Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003 My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/ My Home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Another one: 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). Or from: 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 doesnt 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 wont run into this problem: a.. An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if you dont 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~ Well, at least I am not crazy. And they wonder why I don't go out right now and download my free upgrade to Vista. This sucks! Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay1 Posted February 11, 2007 Author Share Posted February 11, 2007 OK since OE is not supported by Microsoft Office 2007 and I did not own 2003 BUT I did own Office 2000, I did a custom install of the proofing tools (read dictionary) from that disk and POOF I now have english back as a dictionary on OE6. Goofiest damn thing, do they really even beta test this stuff???? Frustrated but gleefully empowered once again. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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