Re: english spellchecker
- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 10:06:31 -0800
Adrian,
I'm not at all sure you're correct in saying that the spell check program
that appears in OE is generated by the Word program, or however you're
conceiving the connection. In all my experience with both programs, over
several versions, spell check is different from one to the other. The
controls differ in certain ways, including which of them is the default when
the checker stops on a word it deems wrong; also, what the OE spell check
offers to do with the mistake of two words run together is to choose one of
them according to some logarithm and to offer just that as the first
alternative for making the correction; Word spell check, on the other hand,
usually recognizes both words you've typed without a space between them and
offers as your first solution the two words properly separated by a space,
unless you've made such a muddle of your typing that it can't see what you
were trying to do at all.
And there are other differences, as well, but that much ought to explain the
reasons for my not believing that they're the same program. They just
happen to appear very similar, nearly identical, because they come out of
the same company, but they aren't, I don't believe, the same. To make an
automotive analogy, which may not register with some users in this social
context but is the best thing I can think of from general culture, I'd say
that the Word spell check is the Toyota Camry to OE's more stripped-down
Corolla version. The Camry being the full-featured family sedan, the
corolla the smaller, cheaper sedan in the line, like a little brother. For
those for whom this is familiar ground, I can add, staying within Toyota
Corporation's product line, that if I ever find a spell checker that's the
equivalent of the luxurious Lexus, I'll go for it.
Message -----
From: "Adrian Spratt" <A.Spratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: english spellchecker
Hi, Amando.
I don't know the answer, but I have a suggestion. As you probably know,
Outlook Express doesn't have a spell-checker. It incorporates the
spell-checker that you have in MS Word. Obviously, your MS Word is also a
Dutch version. But you might contact Microsoft to inquire if there's a way
of using the MS Word dictionary to enable you to spell-check OE messages
that you write in English.
Good luck.
----- Original Message -----
From: Amando Tortolero
hallo all, i am dutch and so is my windows, outlook express, jaws etc. my
spellchecker is ofcourse also dutch and when i use it on an english email,
even i donot know what i have written. i searched for a way to let the
spellchecker use english, but i did not find it. can anybody tell me if i
can change the language of the spellchecker? thanks,
amando tortolero
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