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My outlook express is in French. I need it in English. How do I change it?
Mike September 12 2007

my outlook express is in french only how do i change it
robert September 12 2007

I have the same problem.
Warwick September 19 2007

My outlook express in Bellsouth.net in America. I want to change to gmail.com
Steven October 05 2007

Outlook Express is in French. How do you change it?
Steve-C October 08 2007

If you have Office 2007 on your system, 3 of your dictionaries (including english) are deleted and replaced. Unfortunately - these new dictionaries are not compatible with Outlook Express.
Tim October 12 2007

Scenario: Purchased a brand new computer with XP and activated Office 2007 60-Day trial license (although a full version should still run into the same problem). English dictionary no longer appeared in OE. Downloaded OE English 2.1 dictionary from Softpedia and installed it. From OE, go to Tools -> Spelling -> Select English Dictionary. Now every time you spell check, Outlook Express crashes. Since a copy of Office 2003 is not available, cannot use the proofing tools from that version.

Solution: If 2007 shared proofing tools are installed, installing a third party spelling dictionary might cause this scenario. Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Offce 2007 -> Remove. This will give you the option to change your installed settings. Follow the prompts until you get to the part where you select which parts of office you want to install. Locate Sharing -> Proofing and set entire category to not installed. Let the installation update itself. Now reinstall the English Dictionary from Softpedia.com. When running the spell checker, Outlook Express should no longer crash. Spell check features still work in Office 2007 as well.
Mike S October 26 2007

I am stunned and so disappointed. French is the only dictionary in outlook. Unbelieveable!!!!
Carolyn January 16 2008

I too am stunned how silly can this be a French dictionary the only one available
Very annoying !!
Penny Feb 17 08 February 17 2008

This is ridiculous. I have spent 2 hours trying to figure out how to change my spell check from French to English until I came across this site to realize it\'s hopeless.
A hot mess!
Nessa March 01 2008

My outlook express spell check is in French. I need it in English. How do I change it?
Caroline March 06 2008

We purchased Microsoft Office 2007, the only dictionary for Outlook is French...Why isn\'t English available????
please advise how I fix this as I can only select French, no other options are available.

Thank you

Chris
Chris March 06 2008

Why French is the only language for Outlook Express is a mystery but one which is not important enough for Microsoft to spend any time rectifying. Money,Money,Money,Money,Money,Money,
Robbie March 21 2008

Same thing as everyone else and the dealer says well that\'s waht you\'ve got now so basically it\'s our fault for buying Micro soft, what a way to run a company. Is there any way of installing another spell check?
Thanks
John
John March 28 2008

My outlook express is in French. I need it in English. How do I change it?
Thanks
AFZAL SAMIM
Mohd. Afzal Samim April 06 2008

the same how to change French dictionary to English...? is there any other shorter way....?
april April 09 2008

My Outlook Express is in French. I can\'t believe English is not listed on the drop down menu. I have downloaded the OE 2.1 spell checker to correct this and when I try to spell check my computer hangs up. How can I stop that from happening?
Judi April 27 2008

How to convert my office 2007 outlook Express french Dictionary to English
Suranga May 08 2008

French is default because unit assembled in Germany. OE2.1 from Majorgeeks website (free) will download but meshing with Outlook Express remains a problem. There should be simple answer like Mozilla\'s Thunderbird but MS (Multiple Sclerosis?)just doesn\'t care after licensee has downloaded an XP copy onto its sales vehicle.
Perhaps St. Andrew\'s University might take an interest; usually very helpful.
Craig Na\'dahl May 19 2008

Is there a way to change dictionary from french to english in outlook express yet?
Jeanne May 29 2008

I, too, cannot change the spellcheck dictionary from French to English. Apparently my computer was manufactured in Canada and French installed there. I am appalled that Microsoft, while able to develop new technology, is unable to create something to change the spellcheck language to English for its United States\' users. Before purchasing this Dell computer, I had a Compaq computer that gave me many choices of spellcheck languages. This Dell computer doesn\'t even provide the language of this country! I am ready to send the computer back because it is flawed and useless as is! Microsoft -- are you listening? Ignoring purchasers\' complaints will soon diminish chances of future purchases by all who have encountered or are informed about manufacturing problems that are ignored.
Jean May 30 2008

I too have the problem w/ Office 2007 but I may have a fix. I did not uninstall my 2002 Office for Students etc and installed Office 2007 over it. Outlook Express worked perfectly with English dictionary. Recently because of a corrup OS file I had to reinstall Office 2007. I did not install Office 2002 first. French appeared.
I\'m going back and uninstall 2007, reinstall 2002 then install 2007 hoping this will do the trick.

I will announce if successful.
Ron June 06 2008

I\'ve being reading this problem through out this page but cannot find solution. I also have the same problem of french dict.
GAURAV 06 2008 June 06 2008

i have french spelling checker which is useless for me.
i really need to change to English.
please advise what to do??
ania@e-access.com.au June 08 2008

The fix for me was to uninstall Office 2007 and reinstall MS Office 2002 for Students... and reinstll Office 2007 over it. See my previous post. The second installation actually did not overwrite 2002 but no matter. I can use either version with no problem. French turned back into English in OE. OE uses Word for its dictionary. The reinstall will try to make Outlook your default email. Jsut click no which it ask to import. I hope this helps. I do not know anything about this site\'s spell check program.
Ron June 12 2008

I inadvertently clicked on \"add\" when I wanted to click on \"change\" in Outlook Express Spell Check. Now this error has been entered into my Spell Check dictionary and Spell Check will no longer correct for this error. How can I get that error deleted from Spell Check?
Joan June 12 2008

A spell check in French on my computer is about as useless as a parachute on a submarine.
Peter Bannon June 17 2008

My outlook express is in French. I need it in English. How do I change it?
HIRAL June 17 2008

Reading this page has saved me a lot of time trying to solve my problem. But I still have my spellcheck in Frence. What kind of customer care is it when there is no solution to a problem affecting so many people.
Tony N June 21 2008

I have written to Microsoft, but they do not even bother to reply. Even Bill has given up and left the Company!!!
Mike June 28 2008

I have exhausted evey effort to get the Spellcheck to work using the English language.
George June 30 2008

I have read all these letters trying to find out how to obtain English in the spell-check instead of French and ask myself - Why has\'nt Microsoft made any comment or explanation in rectifying this problem.
Rita July 02 2008

Found a way out of this delema. Purchased a writing program which corrects all spelling mistakes and grammer. In any language and in any format or program you use. Try it. It\'s way better than any Spell Checker you purchase at the same price....whitesmoke.com
Tom July 06 2008

I also have the problem why doesn\'t someone in that company do something about it it is not like it is a new problem. tired of this problem
ron
ron July 09 2008

Yep! same problem it turns me off ever buying a microsoft product again
Jeff Dennis July 14 2008

Hi, Emailed microsoft they gave me this solution, go to dgoldmans weblog spell checker oe.I downloaded the spell checker for oe [did not uninstall office 2007] I how have english [us] in outlook express.Click tools in outlook express then click spelling than click on languages to change to english,hope this helps
Jeff Dennis July 15 2008

I had the same problem with the french spell check. Another problem I have experinced with outlook express is that when I upgraded to MS office 2007 my address book vanished. How do I correct this problem??
jimcobb@wnonline.net
Thanks for the solution Jeff on the spell checker.
Jim Cobb July 22 2008

same problem. I just add every word I want and eventually I\'ll build my own dictionary.
chuck July 26 2008

Fix this problem!
Stan Ferguson August 04 2008

Hi,
I\'ve had the same problem for the past several months with my spell check, can\'t get out of French and into English. However, I just tried Jeff Dennis solution (7/15/08)and it worked! Thanks Jeff.

Robin 08/08/08
Robin August 09 2008

MS Office 2007? Just, DELETE IT! Re-install a hacked copy of MS Office 2003 into the PC and all should be fine. Typical crap from MS.
Just Me August 15 2008

I\'m glad I\'m not the only one annoyed at the spell check only being in French. My spelling is terrible and i always use spell check!

I can\'t believe there isn\'t a solution to this problem. Oh well all my customers will get mis-spelled emails hehe
Theo August 19 2008

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