OE V6 spellchek

Thanks for the info; I'll try to see if I can activate it. Right now after I finish composing an email I go to the toolbar at the top; spelling is blacked out; you can barely see it; you click on it and nothing happens. I;m using a new laptop PC so maybe there is something else I have to do to activate the spell check. I'll give it a try.


Big Steve
07/31/06

There isn't anything special you need to do...spellcheck should simply be operational from the start. My next suggestion would be to click here to repair or reinstall Outlook Express, part of the IE package.

Good luck.
John

Outlook Express does not have a spell checker. It can make use of the spell checker in Microsoft Office 95 or later, or Microsoft Works (later versions, which include Microsoft Word) if present.

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

You can download a Spell Checker program for Free at the link below that incorporates in Outlook Express.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952

Hope this helps,
Tufenuf

Tufenuf:

My old PC has a WIN 95 OS which also has Outlook Express with a working spell check feature. The word processor on my old PC is Microsoft "Works", not "Word". I'll check out that free spell checker.


Big Steve
Biloxi, Mississippi
08/02/06

Microsoft Office has always been the second thing I've installed (right after the security software), and always before I tried to use the computer, so I've gone all this time thinking that it was completely built-in to OE. I normally use the full version of Outlook anyway, but it's good to know I've been mis-assuming all this time. Thanks for setting me straight Tufenuf!

John

John:

This notebook has Microsoft "Works" on it; not "Word".
I went to the help index of OE V6, typed in the word "spell" in the search field and the index stated that if the computer had "Works" the spell check feature would not work.

I would hate to uninstall OE V6 because I have already accumulated so many folders as well as stored emails. If I did go to repair; would that action delete all of my email folders and their data? I activated the OE V6 which was already installed on this computer about 2 months ago and you'd be surprised at just how fast OE can expand if you add folders; many folders.


Big Steve
Biloxi, Mississippi
08/02/06

Steve,

I don't understand this post.

Given that spellcheck doesn't work in OE if you've got MS Works, why would you want to uninstall OE6? In fact, OE comes with Internet Explorer, so you can't really uninstall it, but of course you can stop using it, but that's just a detail. Do you want to switch to another email program that does have spell checking? If so, which? I think most email programs can import messages and folders from OE, or you can export the messages from OE to them or to a compatible format in between. So even when switching, there's no need to lose anything.

The alternative: compose your mails in any application that has spell check, and copy/paste to your email program when it looks OK. It's a little bit clumsy, but still rather workable.
Of course, it also depends on how much you use that spell checking: in all mails, even the one-liners saying "OK" or "let's talk about this tomorrow" or "I love you too" or only the big and important ones that you only write two times a week. Email is somewhat more informal than written mail, so minor errors are allowed.

Kees