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English Spell Checker Switched to French!
Further, on another machine I've found with Process Explorer that OE wants
mssp3en.lex and msspell3.dll when spell check is invoked, and those files are ancient and have not been updated with Office 2007. So all this adds up to a Registry fix, though I don't know what it is. Running the Office 2003 install, even if just the Proofing Tools is selected, is not worth it to me, since a lot more gets installed/touched than proofing tools (as I saw when testing in a VM). "Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message ... Three: It does work with the new French spell check. Something doesn't add up here. "Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message ... That's truly and utterly bizarre for a couple reasons: One, they worked together up through B2TR. Two, there are only about a bazillion OE users, and OE is MS's own product. They couldn't manage to keep the files compatible?! "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message ... OE cannot use the spell checker from Office 2007. Office 2007 ships with a new version of the spell checking tools that Outlook Express doesn't understand. The workaround to fix this is to install the English dictionary from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all of Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in the Custom Install tree under 'Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English'. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Tom Lake" wrote in message : "Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message ... "Tom Lake" wrote in message ... I just installed Office 2007 final and now my spell checker uses a French dictionary rather than English to check my spelling. Of course, since I type in English, most words are flagged as wrong. How can I get English back? It's not listed as a choice in Tools/Options/Spelling. I'm so glad! I just posted this over in the OE group: So, I had Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh installed, and all was well: OE6 (XP SP2) saw Office's U.S. English proofing tools just fine. I uninstalled the beta and installed Office 2007 final. Since that time, the only language listed in OE is French, and indeed, those are the only words it knows now. I've confirmed that the U.S. English proofing tools are installed and that (as expected) they're the default in Word, where, BTW, English spell-checking works fine. So...is there perhaps a Registry entry I can check that tells OE where to look for the proofing tools, or perhaps the languages? Note that OE is not displaying any error when spell-checking, it just obliviously thinks I'm French now and has that as the only choice of language in Tools/Options/Spelling. Oops! I neglected to add that my case is the same as yours. Office 2007 works fine. It's Outlook Express that's stuck in French mode. Tom Lake |
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English Spell Checker Switched to French!
there is still a problem here. after installing just the proofing portion of
2003 i got an authentication fail on the 2003, 2007 passed but i couldn't update it because 2003 fialed.............. i uninsalled 2007 and 2003 passes authentication and works perfectly with the update site, but after installing 2007 again with the proofing portions of 2003, again it failed authentication and the 'customer support' at Microsoft has been less then helpful and practically useless with getting it resolved. the only fix i have that works is to go all the way back to Office 2000 premium and install the proofing portions of it then all checks out fine. without a doubt nobody who paid the price we did for 2007 should have to fall back on a 7 yrs old version of the software for a basic feature that SHOULD be included with the newest version. a bit ridiculous if i do say so myself. good day kc "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote: OE cannot use the spell checker from Office 2007. Office 2007 ships with a new version of the spell checking tools that Outlook Express doesn't understand. The workaround to fix this is to install the English dictionary from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all of Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in the Custom Install tree under 'Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English'. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Tom Lake" wrote in message : "Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message ... "Tom Lake" wrote in message ... I just installed Office 2007 final and now my spell checker uses a French dictionary rather than English to check my spelling. Of course, since I type in English, most words are flagged as wrong. How can I get English back? It's not listed as a choice in Tools/Options/Spelling. I'm so glad! I just posted this over in the OE group: So, I had Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh installed, and all was well: OE6 (XP SP2) saw Office's U.S. English proofing tools just fine. I uninstalled the beta and installed Office 2007 final. Since that time, the only language listed in OE is French, and indeed, those are the only words it knows now. I've confirmed that the U.S. English proofing tools are installed and that (as expected) they're the default in Word, where, BTW, English spell-checking works fine. So...is there perhaps a Registry entry I can check that tells OE where to look for the proofing tools, or perhaps the languages? Note that OE is not displaying any error when spell-checking, it just obliviously thinks I'm French now and has that as the only choice of language in Tools/Options/Spelling. Oops! I neglected to add that my case is the same as yours. Office 2007 works fine. It's Outlook Express that's stuck in French mode. Tom Lake |
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English Spell Checker Switched to French!
What do you mean with an authentication failure? When do you get the
message and what exactly does it say? the only fix i have that works is to go all the way back to Office 2000 premium and install the proofing portions of it then all checks out fine. without a doubt nobody who paid the price we did for 2007 should have to fall back on a 7 yrs old version of the software for a basic feature that SHOULD be included with the newest version. a bit ridiculous if i do say so myself. I posted more info about this on http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 From the * Office 2007 is replacing the v.3 English Proofing Tools that shipped in prior versions of Office with a new version (v.6). There are a number of changes in this new version, but the one that is causing this problem is that Outlook Express doesn't understand the new English Proofing Tools. This is a problem because Outlook Express has never shipped with its own proofing tools but has used the ones shipped by Office. * There are a few scenarios in which you won't run into this problem: o An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if you don't manually uninstall the earlier version of Office. o A configuration in which Office 2003 (or earlier) has not been removed. For example, I have Office 2003 still on both of my computers, and I still have English in Outlook Express. * The workaround for this problem is to install the English dictionary from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all of Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in the Custom Install tree under 'Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English'. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote: OE cannot use the spell checker from Office 2007. Office 2007 ships with a new version of the spell checking tools that Outlook Express doesn't understand. The workaround to fix this is to install the English dictionary from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all of Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in the Custom Install tree under 'Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English'. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Tom Lake" wrote in message : "Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message ... "Tom Lake" wrote in message ... I just installed Office 2007 final and now my spell checker uses a French dictionary rather than English to check my spelling. Of course, since I type in English, most words are flagged as wrong. How can I get English back? It's not listed as a choice in Tools/Options/Spelling. I'm so glad! I just posted this over in the OE group: So, I had Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh installed, and all was well: OE6 (XP SP2) saw Office's U.S. English proofing tools just fine. I uninstalled the beta and installed Office 2007 final. Since that time, the only language listed in OE is French, and indeed, those are the only words it knows now. I've confirmed that the U.S. English proofing tools are installed and that (as expected) they're the default in Word, where, BTW, English spell-checking works fine. So...is there perhaps a Registry entry I can check that tells OE where to look for the proofing tools, or perhaps the languages? Note that OE is not displaying any error when spell-checking, it just obliviously thinks I'm French now and has that as the only choice of language in Tools/Options/Spelling. Oops! I neglected to add that my case is the same as yours. Office 2007 works fine. It's Outlook Express that's stuck in French mode. Tom Lake |
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English Spell Checker Switched to French!
when trying to install the add-on to 'save as pdf' i had to 'authenticate'
before i was allowed to download the add-on. when i hit authenticate it said that my 2007 passed authentication, but 2003 failed, i don't recall the exact message but it basically said 'you pirated the software key' which it is not. everything works fine now with the 2000 version proofing installed but again, i shouldn't have to fall back to an older version for it to work. if I'd not owned previous versions the spell checking portion of OE wouldn't work unless i wanted to use French, which unfortunately i do not. kc "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote: What do you mean with an authentication failure? When do you get the message and what exactly does it say? the only fix i have that works is to go all the way back to Office 2000 premium and install the proofing portions of it then all checks out fine. without a doubt nobody who paid the price we did for 2007 should have to fall back on a 7 yrs old version of the software for a basic feature that SHOULD be included with the newest version. a bit ridiculous if i do say so myself. I posted more info about this on http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 From the * Office 2007 is replacing the v.3 English Proofing Tools that shipped in prior versions of Office with a new version (v.6). There are a number of changes in this new version, but the one that is causing this problem is that Outlook Express doesn't understand the new English Proofing Tools. This is a problem because Outlook Express has never shipped with its own proofing tools but has used the ones shipped by Office. * There are a few scenarios in which you won't run into this problem: o An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if you don't manually uninstall the earlier version of Office. o A configuration in which Office 2003 (or earlier) has not been removed. For example, I have Office 2003 still on both of my computers, and I still have English in Outlook Express. * The workaround for this problem is to install the English dictionary from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all of Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in the Custom Install tree under 'Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English'. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote: OE cannot use the spell checker from Office 2007. Office 2007 ships with a new version of the spell checking tools that Outlook Express doesn't understand. The workaround to fix this is to install the English dictionary from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all of Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in the Custom Install tree under 'Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English'. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Tom Lake" wrote in message : "Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message ... "Tom Lake" wrote in message ... I just installed Office 2007 final and now my spell checker uses a French dictionary rather than English to check my spelling. Of course, since I type in English, most words are flagged as wrong. How can I get English back? It's not listed as a choice in Tools/Options/Spelling. I'm so glad! I just posted this over in the OE group: So, I had Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh installed, and all was well: OE6 (XP SP2) saw Office's U.S. English proofing tools just fine. I uninstalled the beta and installed Office 2007 final. Since that time, the only language listed in OE is French, and indeed, those are the only words it knows now. I've confirmed that the U.S. English proofing tools are installed and that (as expected) they're the default in Word, where, BTW, English spell-checking works fine. So...is there perhaps a Registry entry I can check that tells OE where to look for the proofing tools, or perhaps the languages? Note that OE is not displaying any error when spell-checking, it just obliviously thinks I'm French now and has that as the only choice of language in Tools/Options/Spelling. Oops! I neglected to add that my case is the same as yours. Office 2007 works fine. It's Outlook Express that's stuck in French mode. Tom Lake |
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English Spell Checker Switched to French!
just to clarify, the 2003 passes authentication perfectly, it only fails
after 2007 is installed and i reinstall the proofing portion. kc "KC" wrote: when trying to install the add-on to 'save as pdf' i had to 'authenticate' before i was allowed to download the add-on. when i hit authenticate it said that my 2007 passed authentication, but 2003 failed, i don't recall the exact message but it basically said 'you pirated the software key' which it is not. everything works fine now with the 2000 version proofing installed but again, i shouldn't have to fall back to an older version for it to work. if I'd not owned previous versions the spell checking portion of OE wouldn't work unless i wanted to use French, which unfortunately i do not. kc "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote: What do you mean with an authentication failure? When do you get the message and what exactly does it say? the only fix i have that works is to go all the way back to Office 2000 premium and install the proofing portions of it then all checks out fine. without a doubt nobody who paid the price we did for 2007 should have to fall back on a 7 yrs old version of the software for a basic feature that SHOULD be included with the newest version. a bit ridiculous if i do say so myself. I posted more info about this on http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 From the * Office 2007 is replacing the v.3 English Proofing Tools that shipped in prior versions of Office with a new version (v.6). There are a number of changes in this new version, but the one that is causing this problem is that Outlook Express doesn't understand the new English Proofing Tools. This is a problem because Outlook Express has never shipped with its own proofing tools but has used the ones shipped by Office. * There are a few scenarios in which you won't run into this problem: o An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if you don't manually uninstall the earlier version of Office. o A configuration in which Office 2003 (or earlier) has not been removed. For example, I have Office 2003 still on both of my computers, and I still have English in Outlook Express. * The workaround for this problem is to install the English dictionary from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all of Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in the Custom Install tree under 'Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English'. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote: OE cannot use the spell checker from Office 2007. Office 2007 ships with a new version of the spell checking tools that Outlook Express doesn't understand. The workaround to fix this is to install the English dictionary from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all of Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in the Custom Install tree under 'Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English'. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Tom Lake" wrote in message : "Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message ... "Tom Lake" wrote in message ... I just installed Office 2007 final and now my spell checker uses a French dictionary rather than English to check my spelling. Of course, since I type in English, most words are flagged as wrong. How can I get English back? It's not listed as a choice in Tools/Options/Spelling. I'm so glad! I just posted this over in the OE group: So, I had Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh installed, and all was well: OE6 (XP SP2) saw Office's U.S. English proofing tools just fine. I uninstalled the beta and installed Office 2007 final. Since that time, the only language listed in OE is French, and indeed, those are the only words it knows now. I've confirmed that the U.S. English proofing tools are installed and that (as expected) they're the default in Word, where, BTW, English spell-checking works fine. So...is there perhaps a Registry entry I can check that tells OE where to look for the proofing tools, or perhaps the languages? Note that OE is not displaying any error when spell-checking, it just obliviously thinks I'm French now and has that as the only choice of language in Tools/Options/Spelling. Oops! I neglected to add that my case is the same as yours. Office 2007 works fine. It's Outlook Express that's stuck in French mode. Tom Lake |
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English Spell Checker Switched to French!
Now I understand...You are talking about the Office Genuine Advantage
thing... everything works fine now with the 2000 version proofing installed but again, i shouldn't have to fall back to an older version for it to work. if I'd not owned previous versions the spell checking portion of OE wouldn't work unless i wanted to use French, which unfortunately i do not. I hear you, but there is nothing I can do about it Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed What do you mean with an authentication failure? When do you get the message and what exactly does it say? the only fix i have that works is to go all the way back to Office 2000 premium and install the proofing portions of it then all checks out fine. without a doubt nobody who paid the price we did for 2007 should have to fall back on a 7 yrs old version of the software for a basic feature that SHOULD be included with the newest version. a bit ridiculous if i do say so myself. I posted more info about this on http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 From the * Office 2007 is replacing the v.3 English Proofing Tools that shipped in prior versions of Office with a new version (v.6). There are a number of changes in this new version, but the one that is causing this problem is that Outlook Express doesn't understand the new English Proofing Tools. This is a problem because Outlook Express has never shipped with its own proofing tools but has used the ones shipped by Office. * There are a few scenarios in which you won't run into this problem: o An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if you don't manually uninstall the earlier version of Office. o A configuration in which Office 2003 (or earlier) has not been removed. For example, I have Office 2003 still on both of my computers, and I still have English in Outlook Express. * The workaround for this problem is to install the English dictionary from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all of Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in the Custom Install tree under 'Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English'. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote: OE cannot use the spell checker from Office 2007. Office 2007 ships with a new version of the spell checking tools that Outlook Express doesn't understand. The workaround to fix this is to install the English dictionary from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all of Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in the Custom Install tree under 'Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English'. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Tom Lake" wrote in message : "Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message ... "Tom Lake" wrote in message ... I just installed Office 2007 final and now my spell checker uses a French dictionary rather than English to check my spelling. Of course, since I type in English, most words are flagged as wrong. How can I get English back? It's not listed as a choice in Tools/Options/Spelling. I'm so glad! I just posted this over in the OE group: So, I had Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh installed, and all was well: OE6 (XP SP2) saw Office's U.S. English proofing tools just fine. I uninstalled the beta and installed Office 2007 final. Since that time, the only language listed in OE is French, and indeed, those are the only words it knows now. I've confirmed that the U.S. English proofing tools are installed and that (as expected) they're the default in Word, where, BTW, English spell-checking works fine. So...is there perhaps a Registry entry I can check that tells OE where to look for the proofing tools, or perhaps the languages? Note that OE is not displaying any error when spell-checking, it just obliviously thinks I'm French now and has that as the only choice of language in Tools/Options/Spelling. Oops! I neglected to add that my case is the same as yours. Office 2007 works fine. It's Outlook Express that's stuck in French mode. Tom Lake |
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English Spell Checker Switched to French!
That's Her, there seams to be a glitch in the system.
also you mentioned (elsewhere i believe it was) you ran a PC with both 2003 and 2007 full versions, i tried that as well and the update site only recognized the 2003 installation when checking for updates. the worst part of this whole ordeal was when i tried to uninstall 2007 i got an error about some file was missing and i didn't have administrator rights to the registry (which i most certainly do) and it 'rolled back' the installation but then any time i opened IE7 i got an 'updating' box that again came up with that same error finding a file and that i didn't have administrator privileges. i spent the better part of yesterday installing and uninstalling both versions of office trying to fix this and ended up formatting the dang harddrive and loading everything all over again......three times !!! trying to solve this screwed up issue. the total size of the proofing installation from 2000 is 25 meg, there should be some simple download fix that doesn't require the installation of the older version to get an English spell checking option. kc "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote: Now I understand...You are talking about the Office Genuine Advantage thing... everything works fine now with the 2000 version proofing installed but again, i shouldn't have to fall back to an older version for it to work. if I'd not owned previous versions the spell checking portion of OE wouldn't work unless i wanted to use French, which unfortunately i do not. I hear you, but there is nothing I can do about it Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed What do you mean with an authentication failure? When do you get the message and what exactly does it say? the only fix i have that works is to go all the way back to Office 2000 premium and install the proofing portions of it then all checks out fine. without a doubt nobody who paid the price we did for 2007 should have to fall back on a 7 yrs old version of the software for a basic feature that SHOULD be included with the newest version. a bit ridiculous if i do say so myself. I posted more info about this on http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 From the * Office 2007 is replacing the v.3 English Proofing Tools that shipped in prior versions of Office with a new version (v.6). There are a number of changes in this new version, but the one that is causing this problem is that Outlook Express doesn't understand the new English Proofing Tools. This is a problem because Outlook Express has never shipped with its own proofing tools but has used the ones shipped by Office. * There are a few scenarios in which you won't run into this problem: o An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if you don't manually uninstall the earlier version of Office. o A configuration in which Office 2003 (or earlier) has not been removed. For example, I have Office 2003 still on both of my computers, and I still have English in Outlook Express. * The workaround for this problem is to install the English dictionary from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all of Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in the Custom Install tree under 'Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English'. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote: OE cannot use the spell checker from Office 2007. Office 2007 ships with a new version of the spell checking tools that Outlook Express doesn't understand. The workaround to fix this is to install the English dictionary from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all of Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in the Custom Install tree under 'Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English'. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Tom Lake" wrote in message : "Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message ... "Tom Lake" wrote in message ... I just installed Office 2007 final and now my spell checker uses a French dictionary rather than English to check my spelling. Of course, since I type in English, most words are flagged as wrong. How can I get English back? It's not listed as a choice in Tools/Options/Spelling. I'm so glad! I just posted this over in the OE group: So, I had Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh installed, and all was well: OE6 (XP SP2) saw Office's U.S. English proofing tools just fine. I uninstalled the beta and installed Office 2007 final. Since that time, the only language listed in OE is French, and indeed, those are the only words it knows now. I've confirmed that the U.S. English proofing tools are installed and that (as expected) they're the default in Word, where, BTW, English spell-checking works fine. So...is there perhaps a Registry entry I can check that tells OE where to look for the proofing tools, or perhaps the languages? Note that OE is not displaying any error when spell-checking, it just obliviously thinks I'm French now and has that as the only choice of language in Tools/Options/Spelling. Oops! I neglected to add that my case is the same as yours. Office 2007 works fine. It's Outlook Express that's stuck in French mode. Tom Lake |
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English Spell Checker Switched to French!
That's Her, there seams to be a glitch in the system.
Yes, there is. According to that thing I am running a stolen copy of OneNote 2007 on my tablet. (mine is from MSDN, so 100% legitimate) also you mentioned (elsewhere i believe it was) you ran a PC with both 2003 and 2007 full versions, i tried that as well and the update site only recognized the 2003 installation when checking for updates. Microsoft Update? Office Update? Yes, so far it seems they haven't put 2007 on the update list yet. I expect this will happen in December. the worst part of this whole ordeal was when i tried to uninstall 2007 i got an error about some file was missing and i didn't have administrator rights to the registry (which i most certainly do) and it 'rolled back' the installation but then any time i opened IE7 i got an 'updating' box that again came up with that same error finding a file and that i didn't have administrator privileges. i spent the better part of yesterday installing and uninstalling both versions of office trying to fix this and ended up formatting the dang harddrive and loading everything all over again......three times !!! trying to solve this screwed up issue. For future reference: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/79 It says Beta, but this should also work with RTM. the total size of the proofing installation from 2000 is 25 meg, there should be some simple download fix that doesn't require the installation of the older version to get an English spell checking option. I agree. All I can say though is that Microsoft is aware of the problem and figuring out what to do. At the very least, you can expect a KB article on this issue in the future. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote: Now I understand...You are talking about the Office Genuine Advantage thing... everything works fine now with the 2000 version proofing installed but again, i shouldn't have to fall back to an older version for it to work. if I'd not owned previous versions the spell checking portion of OE wouldn't work unless i wanted to use French, which unfortunately i do not. I hear you, but there is nothing I can do about it Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed What do you mean with an authentication failure? When do you get the message and what exactly does it say? the only fix i have that works is to go all the way back to Office 2000 premium and install the proofing portions of it then all checks out fine. without a doubt nobody who paid the price we did for 2007 should have to fall back on a 7 yrs old version of the software for a basic feature that SHOULD be included with the newest version. a bit ridiculous if i do say so myself. I posted more info about this on http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 From the * Office 2007 is replacing the v.3 English Proofing Tools that shipped in prior versions of Office with a new version (v.6). There are a number of changes in this new version, but the one that is causing this problem is that Outlook Express doesn't understand the new English Proofing Tools. This is a problem because Outlook Express has never shipped with its own proofing tools but has used the ones shipped by Office. * There are a few scenarios in which you won't run into this problem: o An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if you don't manually uninstall the earlier version of Office. o A configuration in which Office 2003 (or earlier) has not been removed. For example, I have Office 2003 still on both of my computers, and I still have English in Outlook Express. * The workaround for this problem is to install the English dictionary from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all of Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in the Custom Install tree under 'Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English'. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote: OE cannot use the spell checker from Office 2007. Office 2007 ships with a new version of the spell checking tools that Outlook Express doesn't understand. The workaround to fix this is to install the English dictionary from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all of Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in the Custom Install tree under 'Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English'. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "Tom Lake" wrote in message : "Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message ... "Tom Lake" wrote in message ... I just installed Office 2007 final and now my spell checker uses a French dictionary rather than English to check my spelling. Of course, since I type in English, most words are flagged as wrong. How can I get English back? It's not listed as a choice in Tools/Options/Spelling. I'm so glad! I just posted this over in the OE group: So, I had Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh installed, and all was well: OE6 (XP SP2) saw Office's U.S. English proofing tools just fine. I uninstalled the beta and installed Office 2007 final. Since that time, the only language listed in OE is French, and indeed, those are the only words it knows now. I've confirmed that the U.S. English proofing tools are installed and that (as expected) they're the default in Word, where, BTW, English spell-checking works fine. So...is there perhaps a Registry entry I can check that tells OE where to look for the proofing tools, or perhaps the languages? Note that OE is not displaying any error when spell-checking, it just obliviously thinks I'm French now and has that as the only choice of language in Tools/Options/Spelling. Oops! I neglected to add that my case is the same as yours. Office 2007 works fine. It's Outlook Express that's stuck in French mode. Tom Lake |
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English Spell Checker Switched to French!
Hi K.C.,
Unfortunately, the MS Windows folks, who do the development and updating for Outlook Express, have not, at this point, done any updating to support using the Office 2007 proofing tools with Outlook Express as they're primarily focused on their new Windows versions, which has a different mail/news client than Outlook Express. A custom install of any feature of Office 2003 installs the core files for Office 2003 (so you're likely to also get prompted to install all of the 2003 Service Packs and updates). There are 3rd party proofing tools available for Outlook Express. If you're using Outlook express for email with Office 2007 rather than for newsgroups, you can edit in Word 2007 and proof then copy and paste , or if you want to send the Word document you can add the 'Send to Email Recipient' command to your Word 2007 Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) to bring up the 'Addressing Envelope' when you're ready to send out your document. To add it to the QAT: (Alt, T, O, C, Alt+C, C, Enter, Tab, T, scroll up) ============== "KC" wrote in message ... That's Her, there seams to be a glitch in the system. also you mentioned (elsewhere i believe it was) you ran a PC with both 2003 and 2007 full versions, i tried that as well and the update site only recognized the 2003 installation when checking for updates. the worst part of this whole ordeal was when i tried to uninstall 2007 i got an error about some file was missing and i didn't have administrator rights to the registry (which i most certainly do) and it 'rolled back' the installation but then any time i opened IE7 i got an 'updating' box that again came up with that same error finding a file and that i didn't have administrator privileges. i spent the better part of yesterday installing and uninstalling both versions of office trying to fix this and ended up formatting the dang harddrive and loading everything all over again......three times !!! trying to solve this screwed up issue. the total size of the proofing installation from 2000 is 25 meg, there should be some simple download fix that doesn't require the installation of the older version to get an English spell checking option. kc -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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English Spell Checker Switched to French!
I'd love for someone to dig deep down and tell us the files *which OE
actually uses for spell checking* that Office 2007 has updated. In my testing, it only uses the two files I've mentioned previously, and they haven't been updated. Until someone can tell me specifically which files we're talking about here, I'm considering this a Registry-only issue. "Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in message ... Hi K.C., Unfortunately, the MS Windows folks, who do the development and updating for Outlook Express, have not, at this point, done any updating to support using the Office 2007 proofing tools with Outlook Express as they're primarily focused on their new Windows versions, which has a different mail/news client than Outlook Express. A custom install of any feature of Office 2003 installs the core files for Office 2003 (so you're likely to also get prompted to install all of the 2003 Service Packs and updates). There are 3rd party proofing tools available for Outlook Express. If you're using Outlook express for email with Office 2007 rather than for newsgroups, you can edit in Word 2007 and proof then copy and paste , or if you want to send the Word document you can add the 'Send to Email Recipient' command to your Word 2007 Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) to bring up the 'Addressing Envelope' when you're ready to send out your document. To add it to the QAT: (Alt, T, O, C, Alt+C, C, Enter, Tab, T, scroll up) ============== "KC" wrote in message ... That's Her, there seams to be a glitch in the system. also you mentioned (elsewhere i believe it was) you ran a PC with both 2003 and 2007 full versions, i tried that as well and the update site only recognized the 2003 installation when checking for updates. the worst part of this whole ordeal was when i tried to uninstall 2007 i got an error about some file was missing and i didn't have administrator rights to the registry (which i most certainly do) and it 'rolled back' the installation but then any time i opened IE7 i got an 'updating' box that again came up with that same error finding a file and that i didn't have administrator privileges. i spent the better part of yesterday installing and uninstalling both versions of office trying to fix this and ended up formatting the dang harddrive and loading everything all over again......three times !!! trying to solve this screwed up issue. the total size of the proofing installation from 2000 is 25 meg, there should be some simple download fix that doesn't require the installation of the older version to get an English spell checking option. kc -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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