Spellcheck for Outlook Express JD 10/29/2008 7:52:11 PM While typing an email, I decided to use my spellcheck in Outlook Express. I discovered that my spellcheck was in French not English & am unable to correct this problem without spending any money. I strong believe that Microsoft should rectify this problem for all of its users without any expense on the user's part. I visited Yarrowsoft & discovered that there are many other very unhappy people with the same issue after installing Office 2007. Please advise when Microsoft intends to do to correct this problem so that it doesn't reach the media! -- JD

Re: Spellcheck for Outlook Express "Rainald Taesler" <taesler[ at ]gmx.de> 10/30/2008 1:18:40 AM JD wrote: [Quoted Text] > While typing an email, I decided to use my spellcheck in Outlook > Express. I discovered that my spellcheck was in French not English > & am unable to correct this problem without spending any money. I > strong believe that Microsoft should rectify this problem for all > of its users without any expense on the user's part. I visited > Yarrowsoft & discovered that there are many other very unhappy > people with the same issue after installing Office 2007. Please > advise when Microsoft intends to do to correct this problem so that > it doesn't reach the media! Are you sure that you intended to ask in *this* newsgroup? It's for *OneNote* and has *nothing* to do with "Outlook Express. I'd suggest to check the hierarchy of the MS newsgroups again and the ask in a group for Outlook Express. This said: For spell-checking Outlook Express uses the MS Office dictionaries. What is used in so far depends on what is installed. If the proper dictionaries are present, there's no problem to change the language for spell-changing in the "Options" dialog. I f.e. have always been switching between my native German language and English (for these newsgroups). No problems ever. Rainald P.S. AFAICS there will not be any additional work be done by MS as far as OE is concerned. It's a thing of past glory and has been succeeded by "Windows Mail" meanwhile in Vista.

Re: Spellcheck for Outlook Express "Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)" <bens[ at ]bogusaddress.mvp> 11/1/2008 3:19:34 AM This newsgroup is for support of OneNote 2003 & 2007 from the Office Family for PCs. For Outlook Express [OE] support try posting in one of these newsgroups: Microsoft.public.inetexplorer.ie4.outlookexpress for OE 4.x Microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x Microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x Microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x Microsoft.public.internet.mail.mac for the Macintosh version of OE If those groups aren't carried on the news server that's carrying this group Try using msnews.microsoft.com. That's MS's public news server that's the source For all the Microsoft.public newsgroups. Also a good source of Outlook Express info can be found here: http://www.tomsterdam.com -- -Ben- Ben M. Schorr, MVP Roland Schorr & Tower http://www.rolandschorr.com http://www.officeforlawyers.com Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007: http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q "JD" <JD[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:09920792-A857-4F4E-88C3-467AB459FE6E[ at ]microsoft.com: [Quoted Text] > While typing an email, I decided to use my spellcheck in Outlook Express. I > discovered that my spellcheck was in French not English & am unable to > correct this problem without spending any money. I strong believe that > Microsoft should rectify this problem for all of its users without any > expense on the user's part. I visited Yarrowsoft & discovered that there are > many other very unhappy people with the same issue after installing Office > 2007. Please advise when Microsoft intends to do to correct this problem so > that it doesn't reach the media! > -- > JD

Re: Spellcheck for Outlook Express Steve Silverwood <kb6ojs[ at ]arrl.net> 11/25/2008 12:56:33 AM On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:18:40 +0100, "Rainald Taesler" <taesler[ at ]gmx.de> wrote: [Quoted Text] >P.S. AFAICS there will not be any additional work be done by MS as far >as OE is concerned. It's a thing of past glory and has been succeeded by >"Windows Mail" meanwhile in Vista. Not only that, but even Windows Mail (the Vista-specific product) has what looks to me to be a dim future, with Windows Live Mail (and of course Outlook) being the only way to deal offline or outside of your web browser with Windows Live email (formerly known as Hotmail). //Steve// Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS Email: kb6ojs[ at ]arrl.net Web: http://kb6ojs.com

Re: Spellcheck for Outlook Express "Rainald Taesler" <taesler[ at ]gmx.de> 11/25/2008 4:32:46 PM Steve Silverwood wrote: [Quoted Text] > On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:18:40 +0100, "Rainald Taesler" > <taesler[ at ]gmx.de> wrote: > >> P.S. AFAICS there will not be any additional work be done by MS as >> far as OE is concerned. It's a thing of past glory and has been >> succeeded by "Windows Mail" meanwhile in Vista. > > Not only that, but even Windows Mail (the Vista-specific product) > has what looks to me to be a dim future, with Windows Live Mail > (and of course Outlook) being the only way to deal offline or > outside of your web browser with Windows Live email (formerly known > as Hotmail). I always hated Hotmail. And I did not yet check out LiveMail. Is it really necessary to have Outlook installed to work with mail offline? Would be terrible. I have Outlook on my system but I hardly ever use it for mail - only in special cases, f.e. when I need a receipt for transmission (which OE and WinMail are unable to produce). Rainald

Re: Spellcheck for Outlook Express Steve Silverwood <kb6ojs[ at ]arrl.net> 11/29/2008 5:28:18 AM On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:32:46 +0100, "Rainald Taesler" <taesler[ at ]gmx.de> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Steve Silverwood wrote: >I always hated Hotmail. And I did not yet check out LiveMail. > >Is it really necessary to have Outlook installed to work with mail >offline? No, you can use either Outlook with the required add-on to work with Windows Live Mail, or you can use the Windows Live Mail application, installed as part of a suite of Windows Live apps including Windows Live Messenger, etc. But so far as I know, those are the only two programs that will provide for dealing with Windows Live Mail messages offline. WLM does not provide POP or IMAP access. >Would be terrible. I have Outlook on my system but I hardly ever use it >for mail - only in special cases, f.e. when I need a receipt for >transmission (which OE and WinMail are unable to produce). I don't know if Windows Live Mail provides for that capability, guess it's something to check out, but I don't use WLM that much outside of Outlook. //Steve// Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS Email: kb6ojs[ at ]arrl.net Web: http://kb6ojs.com

Re: Spellcheck for Outlook Express "Rainald Taesler" <taesler[ at ]gmx.de> 11/29/2008 3:45:17 PM Steve Silverwood wrote: [Quoted Text] >> I always hated Hotmail. And I did not yet check out LiveMail. >> >> Is it really necessary to have Outlook installed to work with mail >> offline? > > No, you can use either Outlook with the required add-on to work with > Windows Live Mail, or you can use the Windows Live Mail application, > installed as part of a suite of Windows Live apps including Windows > Live Messenger, etc. But so far as I know, those are the only two > programs that will provide for dealing with Windows Live Mail > messages offline. Thanks for the info. > WLM does not provide POP or IMAP access. No POP an no IMAP - so what might it be good for? I thought that it would be a complete mail-handler. >> Would be terrible. I have Outlook on my system but I hardly ever >> use it for mail - only in special cases, f.e. when I need a >> receipt for transmission (which OE and WinMail are unable to >> produce). > > I don't know if Windows Live Mail provides for that capability, > guess it's something to check out, but I don't use WLM that much > outside of Outlook. I never even had a look at it. Seems that I should do that. Rainald

Re: Spellcheck for Outlook Express Steve Silverwood <kb6ojs[ at ]arrl.net> 12/9/2008 4:28:08 PM On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:45:17 +0100, "Rainald Taesler" <taesler[ at ]gmx.de> wrote: [Quoted Text] >> WLM does not provide POP or IMAP access. > >No POP an no IMAP - so what might it be good for? >I thought that it would be a complete mail-handler. It provides its own sort of IMAP emulation of sorts, but it's not true IMAP. Everything's done via HTML (and I presume a bit of XML in there somewhere, considering how much Microsoft is getting into that area*), and copies of messages are stored locally much like IMAP does, but it's not true IMAP. I guess I should have made that a little clearer. > >>> Would be terrible. I have Outlook on my system but I hardly ever >>> use it for mail - only in special cases, f.e. when I need a >>> receipt for transmission (which OE and WinMail are unable to >>> produce). >> >> I don't know if Windows Live Mail provides for that capability, >> guess it's something to check out, but I don't use WLM that much >> outside of Outlook. > >I never even had a look at it. >Seems that I should do that. The Windows Live Mail client in Windows (XP and later, downloadable for free) works just fine with the Windows Live Mail service, and you can add the capability to Outlook via the Outlook Connector.** //Steve// Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS Email: kb6ojs[ at ]arrl.net Web: http://kb6ojs.com *If you want to see just how far Microsoft has gone the XML route, try this: take a Word 2007 .docx file and change the extension to .zip, then open it up as you would a .zip file. Look at the contents. You'll be amazed. **The Outlook Connector, last I looked, was technically still in beta but I have yet to find any bug worth reporting -- which produces some mixed emotions: I'm glad it's so solid, but I would love to be the guy that found the gynormous bug that would make me super- desirable to Microsoft as a beta tester!!! :D

Re: Spellcheck for Outlook Express "Rainald Taesler" <taesler[ at ]gmx.de> 12/11/2008 4:26:08 PM Thanks for your explanations. So far I do not see any need for installing Live Mail. WinMail works just fine. Regards Rainald Steve Silverwood wrote: [Quoted Text] > On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:45:17 +0100, "Rainald Taesler" > <taesler[ at ]gmx.de> wrote: > >>> WLM does not provide POP or IMAP access. >> >> No POP an no IMAP - so what might it be good for? >> I thought that it would be a complete mail-handler. > > It provides its own sort of IMAP emulation of sorts, but it's not > true IMAP. Everything's done via HTML (and I presume a bit of XML > in there somewhere, considering how much Microsoft is getting into > that area*), and copies of messages are stored locally much like > IMAP does, but it's not true IMAP. I guess I should have made that > a little clearer. >> >>>> Would be terrible. I have Outlook on my system but I hardly ever >>>> use it for mail - only in special cases, f.e. when I need a >>>> receipt for transmission (which OE and WinMail are unable to >>>> produce). >>> >>> I don't know if Windows Live Mail provides for that capability, >>> guess it's something to check out, but I don't use WLM that much >>> outside of Outlook. >> >> I never even had a look at it. >> Seems that I should do that. > > The Windows Live Mail client in Windows (XP and later, downloadable > for free) works just fine with the Windows Live Mail service, and > you can add the capability to Outlook via the Outlook Connector.** > > //Steve// > > Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS > Email: kb6ojs[ at ]arrl.net > Web: http://kb6ojs.com > > *If you want to see just how far Microsoft has gone the XML route, > try this: take a Word 2007 .docx file and change the extension to > .zip, then open it up as you would a .zip file. Look at the > contents. You'll be amazed. > > **The Outlook Connector, last I looked, was technically still in > beta but I have yet to find any bug worth reporting -- which > produces some mixed emotions: I'm glad it's so solid, but I would > love to be the guy that found the gynormous bug that would make me > super- desirable to Microsoft as a beta tester!!! :D