Hello,

I lost the ability to spell check Outlook Express email body content -- the
button is grayed out.

I uninstalled several software applications I wasn't using. One, however,
had a shared DLL. I opted to remove it and now regret my decision as I've
lost spell-check capabilities in Outlook Express. I have self-supported this
issue thus far but with no luck. The most I could find was to reinstall
"CSAPI3T1.DLL" in "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof" but
it didn't fix the problem.

Any ideas?

Thank you.
Mike

If the Spell Check tab is missing in Tools | Options, then you did indeed
remove a program that provided your Spell Check. But free downloads are
available. I use one myself.

The spell checker in the basic Works 4 through 6 will work with OE. Older
and newer versions do not.

If you have Works Suite, that includes MS Word and a spell checker that does
work with OE.

You can also download a free spell check at one of these sites.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952

http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/ (Checks the spelling as you
type).
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~



"Green-Beast" <GreenBeast@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1620BAC5-9FBD-4E25-AFB8-9B89226CAB55@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I lost the ability to spell check Outlook Express email body content --
> the
> button is grayed out.
>
> I uninstalled several software applications I wasn't using. One, however,
> had a shared DLL. I opted to remove it and now regret my decision as I've
> lost spell-check capabilities in Outlook Express. I have self-supported
> this
> issue thus far but with no luck. The most I could find was to reinstall
> "CSAPI3T1.DLL" in "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof"
> but
> it didn't fix the problem.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thank you.
> Mike

Outlook Express requires the spell checker from another Microsoft
product, such as Word, Office, Works, etc. If you uninstalled one of
those products along with its spell checker, that would be your problem.

The "CSAPI3T1.DLL" issue relates to a specific problem of using an older
version of Word (e..g. Word97) on Windows XP. That one file doesn't get
installed by default on XP where it is needed. But you still need the
other spell check files in the Proof folder and corresponding registry
entries. See:
Spell Checker or Custom Dictionary Errors
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=178238

If you can't or don't want to reinstall the applications, there are some
freeware and shareware spell checkers that you can use. See the URL in
my signature.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Green-Beast" <GreenBeast@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1620BAC5-9FBD-4E25-AFB8-9B89226CAB55@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I lost the ability to spell check Outlook Express email body
> content -- the
> button is grayed out.
>
> I uninstalled several software applications I wasn't using. One,
> however,
> had a shared DLL. I opted to remove it and now regret my decision as
> I've
> lost spell-check capabilities in Outlook Express. I have
> self-supported this
> issue thus far but with no luck. The most I could find was to
> reinstall
> "CSAPI3T1.DLL" in "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
> Shared\Proof" but
> it didn't fix the problem.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thank you.
> Mike

Thank you.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

> If the Spell Check tab is missing in Tools | Options, then you did indeed
> remove a program that provided your Spell Check. But free downloads are
> available. I use one myself.
>
> The spell checker in the basic Works 4 through 6 will work with OE. Older
> and newer versions do not.
>
> If you have Works Suite, that includes MS Word and a spell checker that does
> work with OE.
>
> You can also download a free spell check at one of these sites.
>
> http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952
>
> http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/ (Checks the spelling as you
> type).
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS MVP - Outlook Express
> ~IB-CA~
>
>
>
> "Green-Beast" <GreenBeast@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1620BAC5-9FBD-4E25-AFB8-9B89226CAB55@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I lost the ability to spell check Outlook Express email body content --
> > the
> > button is grayed out.
> >
> > I uninstalled several software applications I wasn't using. One, however,
> > had a shared DLL. I opted to remove it and now regret my decision as I've
> > lost spell-check capabilities in Outlook Express. I have self-supported
> > this
> > issue thus far but with no luck. The most I could find was to reinstall
> > "CSAPI3T1.DLL" in "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof"
> > but
> > it didn't fix the problem.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Mike
>
>