After installing Office 2007 Outlook Express only has a French Dictionary

After installing Office 2007 I discovered that, although I had a nice
British Spellchecker in Word, there was only a French spell checker
operating in Outlook Express. It was the only dictionary available.

I have managed to find a free US dictionary online but that is really no use
to those of us in the UK (who incidentally pay far more for Office 2007 than
our cousins in the US).

Is there any way I can get OE to use the British dictionary that Word uses?

Do Microsoft intend putting this mistake right at some stage? Reading on
the new many people find the French dictionary problem.
Thanks,

Noel

"Noel S Pamfree" <Noel.spamfree@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> After installing Office 2007 I discovered that, although I had a nice
> British Spellchecker in Word, there was only a French spell checker
> operating in Outlook Express. It was the only dictionary available.
>
> I have managed to find a free US dictionary online but that is really no
> use to those of us in the UK (who incidentally pay far more for Office
> 2007 than our cousins in the US).
>
> Is there any way I can get OE to use the British dictionary that Word
> uses?

No.

>
> Do Microsoft intend putting this mistake right at some stage? Reading on
> the new many people find the French dictionary problem.
> Thanks

Possibly. Don't hold your breath....remember OE has been superceded by
indows Mail in Vista....

Hi Noel,

This 3rd party speller for MS Internet Explorer's Outlook Express has links to has nine supplemental language dictionaries available
including a British one. http://tinyspell.m6.net/dict.htm , however note the limitations mentioned on that page.

MS Office doesn't have separate spellers for U.S./AUS/U.K., it's all a part of the single English language package.

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<<"Noel S Pamfree" <Noel.spamfree@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eE0IxsUkHHA.1220@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
After installing Office 2007 I discovered that, although I had a nice
British Spellchecker in Word, there was only a French spell checker
operating in Outlook Express. It was the only dictionary available.

I have managed to find a free US dictionary online but that is really no use to those of us in the UK (who incidentally pay far more
for Office 2007 than our cousins in the US).

Is there any way I can get OE to use the British dictionary that Word uses?

Do Microsoft intend putting this mistake right at some stage? Reading on
the new many people find the French dictionary problem.
Thanks,

Noel>>

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MS Office System Products MVP

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