matthewaschenk
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Spell Check In Outlook 2003 is active, but does not pick up mistakes
My boss is using Outlook 2003. He has it check his spelling before sending any e-mails. However, he has been noticing that no misspellings have shown up. So he purposely misspelled some items and then ran the check. It came back with no errors. Obviously, soemthing is not working. I've made sure to go into the settings and make sure it doesn't ignore anything. Not sure what the problem could be. I checked the user dictionary to make sure it hadn't accidentally added items...but nothing came back. Any suggestions?
meintsi
Using Word or Outlook's native editor?
ASKER
Word. Checked all the settings on the word spell check as well.
In outlook 2003 new message window, hit F7. this will bring up the spelling and Grammer option (also available through tools menu item). Press the options button and see if the required options are selected. if not selected, select Check Spelling As you Type.
ASKER
Already did all that upul.
Probally already checked but in Outlook ....
TOOLS - OPTIONS - SPELLING - "Always checked spelling"
Try turning off Word and see if it works...........
TOOLS - OPTIONS - SPELLING - "Always checked spelling"
Try turning off Word and see if it works...........
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If war1 and meintsi's comments did not resolve the issue, please check the following with word as editor selected. Open a new message and type an incorrect word. Did it autocorrect? By what you mentioned it will not underline in red. Can you see the list of probable words when you right click on the word? See if the same issue applies when you change the format with word. RTF/HTML/PLAIN TEXT.
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I currently have it as html on the word editor. SHould it be plain text or rtf? What's the difference? I did wind up having it choose to use word to READ RTF things, it seems to be working ok now, was THAT the problem?
matthemaschenk,
You seem to have found the correct setting in MS Word to make Outlook spell checking work.
You seem to have found the correct setting in MS Word to make Outlook spell checking work.