Vista - Re: Windows Live Mail spelling dictionaries

You should really ask this in the dedicated newsgroup, which I've
cross-posted to. It's best accessed via the MS news server at
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...e.mail.desktop

If you have more than one English spelling option, 'the last
release' must be the latest beta version 14 with a build number
greater than 908. Please tell us which version you're using. Do you
have an English language OS? Which one? And, while we're at it,
which AV and anti-spyware apps are you running?
--
Noel

"Jackie" <jackie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Windows Live Mail Version 2009 (Build 14.0.8050.1202) --It does not say the
word 'beta' nowhere in the about window.

The OS is Windows XP Profesional Version 2002 SP3 in Spanish.

The AV is Avast Build Dec2008 (4.8.1296)

As for anti-spyware that must be Windows Defender version 1.1.1593.0 with
the definition version 1.49.701.0

I hope this helps.

"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have 37 choices for languages.
Did you download the full install or did you do the Web install?
--
Ronald Sommer

"Jackie" <jackie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Darn! I forgot the follow up. Never mind.

I'll bet the problem is some conflict in language versions. The copy
of WLMail that you have is indeed a beta (and it's naughty of MS to
release it without saying so) , so you can expect it to have more
than its fair share of bugs.

You should open a support ticket, because this is the sort of thing
the development team need to know about. Go to
https://account.live.com/helpcentral.aspx, sign in with your Live ID
and select "Windows Live Mail beta" from the dropdown. Click any
item in the FAQ list. In the lower right-hand corner, find and click
on the option to 'Get More Help,' then click on 'Get Support'. You
should get a form to fill in.

You have an English language beta version of WLMail installed on a
Spanish OS. It's probably not difficult to get the spell checkers
for other languages installed, but it's undoubtedly fiddly, because
they're all buried several levels deep in your user profile. See
what Support say first; if you get no joy there, post back and we'll
go through a few steps to fix you up.
--
Noel

"Jackie" <jackie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Beta term is specified on the download location(download.live.com), the rtw version non-beta is still availale at get.live.com. If
downloaded from a site that uploaded the installer, then anything is possible.



--
...winston
ms-mvp mail


"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OW7gN98YJHA.652@xxxxxx

I had no luck contacting them.

"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am using Windows XP SP3 (English-UK), with the last stable release of
WLMail (Version 2008, Build 12.0.1606).

Do you have Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works or Microsoft Word on your
computer? (The Office 2003 or earlier is fine, but not Office 2007 or
Word 2007). If so, it is not particularly difficult to add a Spanish
spellchecker to WLMail, Build 12.0.1606.

However, I don't know whether the following instructions also apply to
any of the later beta versions of WLMail(Build 14.xxx).

1. Open Control Panel and click on "Folder Options". Select the
"View" tab and check the "Show Hidden Files and Folders" option.

2. Then, search your hard drive for two files named Mssp3es.lex and
Mssp3es.dll.

3. If you find these files, create the following new folder on your
hard drive:
"C:\Documents and Settings\[Your User Name]\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail\Proof\prf000A\1"

4. Then, copy the Mssp3es.lex and Mssp3es.dll files to the folder you
have just created.

5. Open Notepad and create the following text file:

[Spellchecker]
Engine=MSSP3ES.DLL
Lex=MSSP3ES.LEX
Lang=3082

Use the "save as" command to save the text file to the
"prf000A\1" folder with the name "spell.txt". Then, rename the file as
"spell.ini".

6. If desired, you can revert to the default folder options. Re-open
Control Panel and click on "Folder Options". Select the "View" tab and
check the "Hide Hidden Files and Folders" option.


"Jackie" <jackie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Does that mean you opened a support ticket and got no reply? They're
usually very good about getting back within a day or two, but I
suppose Christmas will extend the response time. It would be
interesting to hear what they say.

In the meantime, you could install the languages you want manually.
I see Bob Lucas has put you on the right track. You can download the
files needed if you don't have them:
Spanish:
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo.../spl_eses7.cab
French:
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...8/spl_frfr.cab

The folder for the Spanish files should be prf000A/7, and for the
French ones prf000C/1. Just extract the contents of the CAB files to
those locations and you should be good to go. If you want other
flavours than Castilian and French, you could try changing the lang=
line in the appropriate spell.ini to give the language ID for the
flavour you want. You can look up the right LCID at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0h88fahh.aspx
Canadian French would be lang=3084, for example.

I haven't tried this myself in the beta version 14, so no guarantees
that it will work.
--
Noel

"Jackie" <jackie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have Office 2007 in English with added spellcheckers from an Office 2003.

They told me to ask my question again on a public Live forum where I haven't
got an answer. I did not receive no instructions from no technician.

Thanks for helping me out!

"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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There is no "C:\Documents and Settings\[My User Name]\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail\Proof\".

On the other hand, I found such folder on "C:\Archivos de programa\Windows
Live\Mail\Proof" (Archivos de programa = Program Files).

I downloaded those CAB files and I created those folders on "C:\Archivos de
programa\Windows Live\Mail\Proof". It works great after a WLM restart!

Problem solved!

I wouldn't have been able to find those CAB files myself. How did you do
that?

Eventually, why do some people have a list of 30+ spellcheckers to download
on WLM while I had a list of four different flavors of English only?

"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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