Ah, you just reminded me that I did read something on this a while back. The only way to get the English spell checking back is to install a component from an earlier version of Office. If I come across the article again, I'll share what it ways about the whole fiasco (you may have already found it during your own research). You'd think that MS would have released a simple patch to satisfy those unhappy folks by now. Peace, Gman "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith/agoodread.com" <jtb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:02 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: OE Spell is in Spanish > Except Gman, Microsoft screwed Office 2007 up by only offering > the French Dictionary to OE - this is a change from prior > versions. > > I found this out when I googled about it. There are plenty of > ticked off people. By your mentioning where to go in MS Office, > I was able to disable the French Dictionary (spell) from taking > over in OE. Thus spell.exe showed up in it's place. > > All the Programs (i.e. Word, PowerPoint, etc.) have English > spell checking but there is no way to convert (cross over) to > OE. MS did this intentionally and it's the worst PR mistake > they made because a lot of us users like OE instead of Outlook. > > When I have time, I will see if Outlook does indeed have an > English Spell like I suspect. > > > Judith --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------