James Elliott - WA Rural Computers wrote: > Hi > > last time I wrote we were talking about extensions and about being > reminded over and over again about downloadable extensions we don't > want. For example, I don't want the American English dictionary as I > use the Australian English one. Someone suggested uninstalling the > things you don't want, and then you will not be alerted to downloadable > upgrades, so, next time I was asked if i wanted the latest American > English dictionary upgrade I clicked on the button which said "uninstall > this extension" (this button was in the extensions pop-up screen). > > Now, in Outlook Express (Win XP) I cannot spell check my outgoing e-mails. > > I presume that I have unwittingly uninstalled the dictionary the Outlook > Express uses to spell check e-mails. This surprises me as the OE > dictionary is a M$ product and I uninstalled from an OOo screen. > > I would be much obliged if any of you can: > 1. comment on what I might have done wrong; > 2. tell me where the OE dictionary resides; > 3. tell me what I need to do to regain spell check functinality in OE - > ie put a dictionary in a place that OE can both read and understand. >
Hi: Short answer is that, if you took Office off your system, you will have removed the source of OE's spell checking ability. It can't do it on its own. Check out this link for some background. http://www.tech-pro.net/howto_010.html Check out this one for a freeware alternative/substitute. http://www.geocities.com/vampirefo/ Enjoy! Hope this helps a little. -- Brian Lunergan Nepean, Ontario Canada --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
