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Graham Walker - 04 Jan 2005 22:30 GMT

How do I get a spell checker into Outlook Express 5.0.6 for the MAC?

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Steve J - 05 Jan 2005 22:35 GMT

> How do I get a spell checker into Outlook Express 5.0.6 for the MAC?

Graham,

Outlook Express 5 does NOT have its own spellchecker built in. You need to
have at least Microsoft Office 98 installed in order to use the Spelling
menu option in Outlook Express. There are alternative standalone
spellcheckers available though, for example the freeware Excalibur which you
can download here:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/mac/1506

Hope this helps,
Steve

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Ian_ - 20 Jan 2005 19:59 GMT

Steve J wrote on 5/1/2005 10:35 pm:

> Graham Walker wrote on 1/4/05 4:30 PM:
>
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> have at least Microsoft Office 98 installed in order to use the Spelling
> menu option in Outlook Express.

If you DO have MS Office/Word;

You may like to try a "Proofing Tools" folder in the OE folder.

From; Microsoft Office, Shared Applications, Proofing Tools,
English Dictionary. (or Custom)

Then have a look at the Preferences, Spelling,
if it is still greyed out, to enable it;
Edit
Preferences
Notification
Reset Confirmation Dialogs
Next time you open OE, you should get a request for the dictionary.

If this fails, you may need to reinstall Office 98/2001/Word to get things
to work again.
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> There are alternative standalone spellcheckers available though,
> for example the freeware Excalibur which you
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> Hope this helps,
> Steve

Also from author;
<http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~excalibr/excalibur.html>
This relies on text on the clipboard, an AppleScript may help here...

Another option,
SpellTools;
<http://www.newertech.com/software/spelltools/index.html>
DO NOT USE this under OS 9 without restarting and updating using;
<http://www.marciniak.com/spelltools/spelltools.html>.
Then use the Goodies menu and choose "Create Application Plug-in..."

Have a look at <http://www.versiontracker.com/> too.

Or, if you have an app with a spell chequer(!),
have it open side by side with message window and when checked,
select all, then drag & drop to message window.

HTH, &B-) Ian
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