Hi Jan and Kathy, Outlook Express uses the same dictionary that Word uses. Can your friend do normal spell checks (in English) from within Word? If not, within Word, try clicking Tools > Language > Set language... "English" should be an option. If it is not an available choice, maybe she clicked the wrong language when she loaded Office, although I would expect all her menus and Help info to be in French if she did. If English is not available and it can't be installed from her Office CD, she can purchase Microsoft Office XP Proofing Tools. Proofing Tools is an add-in package that contains the proofing tools that Microsoft makes for over 30 languages - for example fonts, spelling and grammar checkers, AutoCorrect lists, AutoSummarize rules (Microsoft Word only), translation dictionaries, and, for Asian languages, Input Method Editors (IMEs). Kathy, the link you provided advises the user to visit http://www.poremsky.com/p/index2.htm I did a search for "spell" on the alternate site, but I got no hits. HTH Ray Shapp ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************