You are certainly not the first and will not be the last to express
dissatisfaction with Office 2007. All of us, to some extent or other, are
feeling your pain. But perhaps you don't realize that no one here had
anything to do with the design or execution of the application: that is, no
one from Microsoft reads this newsgroup. Therefore, while venting your
frustration is understandable, it doesn't really move you forward. The forum
is designed to answer specific questions; I will therefore try to answer
your two implied questions.
1. It is true that Office no longer makes its spelling checker available to
Outlook Express. This is for design reasons that I don't understand but do
accept, and there are ways to work around it; find them at
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/spell.asp and
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20061228.htm.
2. I'm not sure what problems you're experiencing with the spelling checker,
but perhaps you will find some help at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/M...pellCheck.htm; while not written
specifically for Word 2007, it is widely applicable. I've never had much use
for the grammar checker and will accept your judgment that it is "a joke."
However, if you haven't tried using Word's contextual spell checking
(available only if system resources are up to it, I believe), I think you'll
find that is a worthwhile addition to the product. For more on that feature,
see
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_offi...-checking.aspx
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site:
http://word.mvps.org
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"Lee" wrote in message
...
The Office 2007 software suite is a productivity stopper. First it only
provides a French dictionary for OE7. Then while in Word 2007, both the
English grammar and spell checkers are very poor. It tags simple english
words as incorrect and misspellings of simple three letter words as
correct.
The grammar checker is simply a joke. The spell checker is an even worse
joke on Microsoft's loyal customers. Fire the fools that signed-off on
this
conglomeration of bad programs.
Speaking from 30 plus years experience developing government command and
control software, I would have been fired for fielding this bundle of
useless
zeros and ones. Although I have been a loyal Microsoft customer since its
beginning, I am very angry about this.
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Lee0078