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Downloaded whilst trying to find an answer to my own frustration.

 

Outlook Express Spell Check Disabled in Office 2007 - Le Miserable Microsoft, avez vous un ******** clue?

I installed a new PC yesterday for a State Welcome center that came with the new office 2007 programs. After a day the staff asked me why their Outlook spell checking was working for French only. “Sacre bleuâ€, I said after throwing in some Francais and noting that only the English words were listed as “wrongâ€. Noting the CDs boldly proclaimed “made in Canada†I first thought “ha - it’s those pesky Quebecois poking fun at Les Americains, oui? NON! After the typical 5 minutes of surfing anywere but Microsoft.com to find answers about Microsoft product defects, to my amazement I read this note from MS which states:

 

NO more OE spelling in English!

 

At first I thought it was an odd joke site, but indeed it’s true. The staff at this center uses that simple utility *daily* so why is Outlook Express spelling reserved only for the French? I love France, especially Paris, France and their superior Freedom Fries, but I think we need some spelling help here in the USA as well.

 

This utility fixed the problem by adding a new English dictionary. I can’t vouch for the program yet since I just put it on, but it appears legitimate and good.

 

Yet another case where MS is absolutely *clueless* to the needs of users, and arrogantly provides downgrades as you upgrade to newer, potentially even more frustrating versions of Office. This one is pure insanity since the fix is cheap and easy for MS. Why in the world would they disable English spell checking? Google would have created a superior dictionary with the upgrade, where MS creates….nothing, and makes it hard to even find out what to do.

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"WHY IS IT WE HAVE TO SPEAK ENGLISH?"

 

 

Touche! (as they say in France!)

 

A naval conference included admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and French navies.

 

At a cocktail reception, the admirals stood in a group of half dozen or so officers that included personnel from most of the countries.

 

Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks, but a French admiral suddenly complained 'whereas Europeans learn many languages, most present only learnt English'. He then asked: "Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?"

 

Without hesitating, the Kiwi admiral replied: "Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Americans and Aussies arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German."

 

Suddenly the group became very quiet.

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"WHY IS IT WE HAVE TO SPEAK ENGLISH?"

 

 

Touche! (as they say in France!)

 

A naval conference included admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and French navies.

 

At a cocktail reception, the admirals stood in a group of half dozen or so officers that included personnel from most of the countries.

 

Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks, but a French admiral suddenly complained 'whereas Europeans learn many languages, most present only learnt English'. He then asked: "Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?"

 

Without hesitating, the Kiwi admiral replied: "Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Americans and Aussies arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German."

 

Suddenly the group became very quiet.

 

 

Thank you MRY.

 

That one is being pm'ed and text'd to everyone I know :rolleyes:

 

 

 

 

LB

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"WHY IS IT WE HAVE TO SPEAK ENGLISH?"

 

 

Touche! (as they say in France!)

 

A naval conference included admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and French navies.

 

At a cocktail reception, the admirals stood in a group of half dozen or so officers that included personnel from most of the countries.

 

Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks, but a French admiral suddenly complained 'whereas Europeans learn many languages, most present only learnt English'. He then asked: "Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?"

 

Without hesitating, the Kiwi admiral replied: "Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Americans and Aussies arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German."

 

Suddenly the group became very quiet.

 

 

Thats funny !!! :rolleyes::good:;)

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:rolleyes:

 

wont talk french, eat french,holiday french, look at hairy women, drink there pi** wine, & drive ugly cars...

sorry , they have been irrellevant since time began!!!

 

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Thats one of the funniest things I've seen for as long as I can remember ! I'm going to be forwarding that pic to everyone I know.

 

Haven't laughed like that for a looong time ! ;):lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

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