Hi Don,
Outlook Express is actually part of Internet Explorer rather than being Part of Office and the Windows folks have yet to update that
product to use the Office Word 2007 new proofing tools (It isn't as if they didn't know the changes in Word 2007 were coming g).
You can add a spell check to Outlook Express either by doing a 'partial' install of an older version or using one of the 3rd party
tools such as
A. Vampirefo Spellchecker for Outlook Express:
http://geocities.com/vampirefo/
B. Tinyspell: (has separate U.K. English module if needed)
http://tinyspell.m6.net
You can toggle the insert key to 'Insert' or 'overtype' in Word 2007 just as you could in Word 2003. To have it visible on the
status bar on the bottom of the screen, right click on the status bar and choose the 'Overtype' option. You can also use the
setting for 'Uset the Insert key to control overtype mode' in Word's options
Office Files button=Word Options=Advanced=Editing options
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"Don" wrote in message ...
The insert key will not allow substitution of any letters or numbers in 2007,
whereas word 2003 did it without fail. Office 2007 is a step backwards by at
least 20 yrs. Outlook express in office 2007 will not spell check except in
FRENCH (HOW INSULTING IS THIS?)
--
Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP
*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*