Thanks Bob I

Will switch to the Office group. Found the ZOMG message and thought it was
worth try. I assume you mean, install 2003 applications first, then the 2007
ones. Many thanks.

"Bob I" wrote:

> You would get better support asking in the Office group. But in a
> nutshell, it's like this. If you want Office 2003 AND 2007, install ALL
> the Office 2003 apps you need and THEN install the Office 2003. Doing it
> backwards really messes up the installation.
>
> scrambledyellow wrote:
>
> > Hi PowerUser
> >
> > I read with interest your issue. I have a guy in the office here who has
> > installed office 2007 fully and is working with 2007 in all packages except
> > Excel. He removed Excel 2007 and put back on Excel 2003 and he is having the
> > same issue - a French dictionary, no options to change the setting in Excel
> > to another dictionary. This is affecting his spell-checking feature in Excel
> > - returns French suggestions for English words. All Office 2007 packages
> > work fine.
> >
> > What component did you get and install and from where? Please can you help,
> > offer any advice?
> >
> > "PowerUser" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I managed to get it to work- Office 2007 doesn't have the proofing tools, so
> >>I had to install the component from 2003.
> >>
> >>"Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in message
> >>news:e$wevgQ%23HHA.980@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >>
> >>>microsoft.public.office.setup is probably the right place to ask this
> >>>question.
> >>>
> >>>--
> >>>Regards
> >>>
> >>>Ron Badour
> >>>MS MVP 1997 - 2007
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>"PowerUser" <a@bbc.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:OR6F6IQ%23HHA.4180@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl. ..
> >>>
> >>>>OK I'm in deep trouble- I use OE for mail. I had Office 2003 previously
> >>>>installed and OE was using Office's spelling dictionary. Then I
> >>>>uninstalled Office 2003 and installed Office 2007. OE is now using an
> >>>>absurd Fench dictionary, and is prompting me for all words! OMG!
> >>>>I checked the settings in OE and there are no other dictionaries in the
> >>>>drop down box available! What do I do? Please!!
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
>
>