How to change dictionary from French to English

I'm referring to Outlook Express specifically. After composing a message and when I hit send, the French dictionary starts to underscore all the English words. All other programs are OK on my computer just not the Outlook Express. So again the question is what do I do (in step by step)to change the French Dictionary to an English Dictionary? This has never in my life happened before. When I follow the prompts after being asked if I want to change, it gives me all the words I had added to the French Dictionary in a Note Pad format,(which I didn't realize until after).

Tools, Options, READ tab, International Settings. Then check Tools, Options, SEND tab, International Settings. Also check the Font settings under those two tabs, make them both Western. Below is from windows help file.
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To read and send international messages

Outlook Express can usually display messages in the language in which they were sent. However, some messages, particularly those from newsgroups, often do not have enough information (or the information is incorrect) in the header file to display the correct language.

To change the language encoding for a message you are reading

In the message window, on the View menu, point to Encoding, and then click the language encoding you want to use. (You must already have support for that language, which you can get from the International area of the Internet Explorer Web site.)
Outlook Express displays incoming messages using the default encoding for reading messages unless the message header specifies a particular language encoding.

To set the default encoding for reading messages

On the Tools menu, click Options, and on the Read tab, click Fonts.
Select a language at the top, and then click Set as Default.
Sending international messages

When you reply to a message, it is sent in the same language encoding as the original message. If you change the language encoding in your reply, the original characters may not appear properly unless you are sending the message in HTML (and the receiving program can read HTML). You can also send the message using Unicode; however, not all e-mail and news reading programs can display a Unicode message.

To use a different encoding for sending a single message

In the message window, on the Format menu, point to Encoding and then click the language encoding you want to use.
New messages use the default encoding setting for sending messages.

To set the default encoding for sending messages

On the Tools menu, click Options.
On the Send tab, click International Settings, and then select the default encoding you want to use.

Thank you for your instant reply. I already did as suggested previously to my initial comments and also changed from Western European ISO to Western European (Windows) to see if that help but didn't.

I just tested it again and still it is using the French dictionary.

Seems Outlook only has a spelling dictionary dependent on other programs from Office suite, such as Word. Try these.
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from windows help file;

To check the spelling in messages

Outlook Express uses the spelling checker provided with the following Microsoft Office programs: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint. If you do not have one of these programs installed, the Spelling command is not available.

In the New Message window, click Spelling on the toolbar, or on the Tools menu, click Spelling.
Note

To customize the way your spelling checker works, on the Tools menu, click Options, and then select the Spelling tab.
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Visit the link, a lot more there. Although for Office 2007, it would apply to earlier versions and programs within Office. I'm not sure which one affects the setting for Outlook.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102488711033.aspx

Every language version of the 2007 Microsoft Office system includes proofing tools, such as dictionaries and grammar rules, for more than one language. With the appropriate proofing tool languages available and installed, you can change the dictionary language so that you can check the spelling of a word or a document written in a different language.

To see which languages are included with your version of 2007 Office release, see The 2007 Microsoft Office suites localized versions. If your version of the 2007 Office release does not include the language that you want to use you may need to get a language pack. For more information, see Determine if you need a language pack.

To change the default language and dictionary to a specific language for all your 2007 Office release programs, see Change the default language for Office programs. To use a particular language location, such as English (United Kingdom) or English (Australia), see Set the display and editing languages.

Outlook
Set the dictionary language

Important If you have Outlook Express 6.0 and installed Microsoft Office 2007 but French is the only available spell check language, you need to use a third-party spell checker. For more information, see Spell checking issues with Outlook Express 6.0.

1. In a new e-mail message, select the text that you want to check.

Tip You can specify the dictionary language for a new message before typing any text. Just position your cursor in the message body of a new message and complete steps 2 and 3, type your message, and then check the spelling as described in the Check spelling and grammar section for Outlook.
2. On the Message tab, in the Proofing group, click the arrow under Spelling, and then click Set Language Button image.
3. In the Language dialog box, verify that the correct language is associated with the text. If it is not, select the language that you want to use for the dictionary and other proofing tools. If you don't see the language that you want, scroll to the end of the list.

Note If the language that you want is preceded by the Spelling & Grammar iconButton image , it means that the proofing tools, such as spelling checker, are installed for that language. If the language that you want is not preceded by the Spelling & Grammar iconButton image , the dictionary for that language is not available and you cannot check the spelling and grammar for that language.

Well, it's not really a fix, just a microsoft flip off unless you change the mail program you use or go somewhere else to get a spell checker that will work in Outlook Express 6. This would be my fix. Someone below had a neat way of fixing their problem using the setup on their operating system CD.

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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932974

If you install the 2007 Microsoft Office system, you no longer have spell checking capabilities in some languages when you use Outlook Express 6.0.
MORE INFORMATION
When you upgrade an earlier version of Office to a 2007 Office system, the old...
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)
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Fixed my dictionary. Here's how I did it. I used my Office XP install disc
and ran it as if to reinstall the older Office then "X'd" everything except
"Office Shared Features" / "Proofing Tools" / "English". (I tested my
dictionary by typing this as a e-mail message then copy/pasted)



Setup.exe

Add or Remove features (or) Custom Install

Check "Not Available" on everything except "Office Shared Features"

Under Shared Features check Not Available on everything except "Proofing
Tools"

Under Proofing Tools check French and Spanish as Not Available. Then check
English as "Run All From My Computer"

Continue with the rest of the Install / Repair