Vista - Spell checker in Windows Live Mail

Win XP (SP2)
IE7
Outlook Express 6
Windows Live Mail 2008 (v 12.0.1606)
Microsoft Office Professional 2000

I use Outlook Express as my default email utility. I use OE to access
email accounts on POP3/SMTP mail servers, as well as "grandfathered"
Hotmail/MSN accounts on an HTTP server.

Following the announcement by Microsoft that I will no longer be able to
use OE to access Hotmail/MSN accounts, I have installed Windows Live
Mail. (Hotmail & MSN are the only accounts on Live Mail - and I shall
continue to use Outlook Express for POP3/SMTP accounts.)

Outlook Express uses the spell checker from Microsoft Office / Word
2000. My default spell checker is English (UK).

I notice that the available languages in Windows Live Mail are Korean,
German, English (United States), Spanish and French.

I know the US competes with Microsoft for world dominance. However, I
live in the UK - so I would prefer to use British spellings. Is it
possible to install an English (UK) spell checker, for use with Windows
Live Mail?

"Bob Lucas" <bob@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:fvmjpe$7ep$1@xxxxxxWindows Live Mail includes an English (UK) spell checker, but it's
hidden. You may have to wait a few hours for someone who knows
where to find it to tell you where to find it.

Not hidden - the English lexicon delivered with WLMail includes (at
least) US, Canadian and British variants, with the US set selected
as default. Find spell.ini in
%programfiles%\Windows Live\Mail\Proof\prf0009\2\
and open it with Notepad. Change 1033 to 2057, save and close.
If you want more languages, look at
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...dd7&sloc=en-us
--
Noel

<robertmiles@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#1$PlYprIHA.3456@xxxxxx

Many thanks.

That has sorted the problem. Even though the list of languages (in
Tools/ Options) still thinks the installed spell-checker is English
(United States) , it provides British spellings (i.e. neighbour,
instead of neighbor and colour, instead of color).

Very different from Outlook Express - which allows the user to select
spelling variants from a menu.

"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23t1L1gprIHA.552@xxxxxx

Further experimentation confirms that the default spell checker in the
Live Mail Menu is English (United States), which resides at
%programfiles%\Windows Live\Mail\Proof\prf0009\2\

The spell checkers for all additional languages reside at
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live
Mail\Proof\prf00xx\1 - where "xx" defines the name of the language.

I have established that the following "xx" variables relate to:
"0A" = Spanish (Traditional Sort)
"0C" = French (France)
"07" = German (Germany)

Further experimenting suggests that the following "xx" codes add the
following language names to the Windows Live Mail spell check menu:
"01" = Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
"02" = Bulgarian
"03" = Catalan
"04" = Chinese (Taiwan)
"05" = Czech
"06" = Danish
"08" = Greek
"0B" = Finnish
"19" = Russian

I am trying to identify the "xx" code that adds English (United Kingdom)
to the list of languages in the spell check menu. This would allow me
to use the Tools / Options / Spelling menu to select English (United
Kingdom) OR English (United States) - without having to edit the
spell.ini file.

Does anyone know the correct "xx" code for English (United Kingdom)?




"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23t1L1gprIHA.552@xxxxxx

"Bob Lucas" wrote: