asked on

Spell Check in Outlook 2007

Hello,

I have a client who is running Windows XP SP3 , Microsoft Office 2007- Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

His Spell check stopped working in outlook 2007 but not in Word, Excel or PowerPoint.

I have read through some of the other suggestions on this site and nothing has worked yet.

Help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,

Matt

Derek Schauland

Have there been any changes to the proofing options within Outlook, perhaps turning the spell check options off? If you visit the options pane in Outlook's Editor options (Tools - Options - Spelling tab - Spelling and AutoCorrection).

MattBamm

ASKER

Those are all checked on.

I tried turning them off, then back on and still nothing.

MattBamm

ASKER

any other ideas? ;)

Derek Schauland

Hmm... Outlook 2007 uses the Word spell checker and editing functions as far as I recall.

Next thing to try would be Office Diagnostics (From Outlook goto Help -> Office Diagnostics) and run through the wizard to see if it detects anything.

ezekielseyes

Are there any Language Packs for other Microsoft Products installed?
e.g. some LPs for Microsoft Project 2000 are actually causing problems with the Outlook 2007 spell checking engine.

MattBamm

ASKER

I just checked and there are no language packs installed.

ezekielseyes

I know it sound obvious, but is the option "do not check spelling" in the email language settings unchecked?
Further you could try to rename the file "normalemail.dotm" there's probably something wrong with this template. (The file should be located in C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates)

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

MattBamm

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial