Outlook Express Spell Check – pardon my french

Many people are installing Office 2007 and then discovering that their spell check for Outlook Express is set for French. This is fine if you are writing emails in French, but most of us aren’t.

Microsoft is aware of the problem and their solution is the upgrade to Windows Vista.

Our solution is do download and install this free spell check program.

Another less than elegant solution is to:

1. Close all programs
2. Start Microsoft Word 2007
3. Click the Office Orb
4. Click Word Options
5. Click Proofing
6. Click Custom Dictionaries
7. Change the spell check language to any other language
8. Click OK
9. Click OK
10. Close Microsoft Word
11. Reopen MS Word
12. Click the Office Orb
13. Click Word Options
14. Click Proofing
15. Click Custom Dictionaries
16. Change the spell check language back to English
    
17. Click OK
18. Click OK
19. Close Microsoft Word