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Tech: Outlook Express--no spell check

07 Feb 05 - 03:31 AM (#1401383)
Subject: Tech: Outlook Express--no spell check
From: GUEST,fiddler434

I am so dumb!! Can anyone help me--Why doesn't my outlook express 6
have a spell check? I thought it was suppose to be there but it isn't and I REALLY need it. I need someone smart to walk me through the procedure. Thanks


07 Feb 05 - 03:42 AM (#1401388)
Subject: RE: Tech: Outlook Express--no spell check
From: Teresa

Fiddler, Outlook Express uses the spell-checker that is incorporated in MSWord.

Try going into the "tools" menu while you're inside a message. Look for a "spelling" entry. If it's grayed out, you won't be able to use that spell-checker, and will need to install MS Word.

I've been using a great little piece of freeware, Tiny Spell.   It has no spyware. Unlike other spell-checkers, it can also check your spelling on the fly from any application.

Teresa


07 Feb 05 - 06:57 AM (#1401445)
Subject: RE: Tech: Outlook Express--no spell check
From: GUEST

Computers don't know how to spell. They just think they do....
I've never seen things spelt so consistently wrong since they introduced computer spellcheckers.
Use a dictionary - they are much more reliable. And you can check that the word you are trying to use is actually the right one - not something the computer has decided might to foist upon you , which turns your sentence into gibberish.
Quack!!
Geoff the Duck.


07 Feb 05 - 07:13 AM (#1401448)
Subject: RE: Tech: Outlook Express--no spell check
From: GUEST,Wrinkles

Personally Geoff as a dyslexic I use a belt and braces approach of spell checking first then using the dictionary to confirm things.

Wrinkles

This male was spooling chucked in MS Weird and pissed that test with flying colons.


07 Feb 05 - 09:35 AM (#1401470)
Subject: RE: Tech: Outlook Express--no spell check
From: GUEST,artbrooks

Go to Tools > Options > Spelling and make sure its turned on.