Outlook ****s me off

[shlonger]

Can anyone give me a step-by-step description of how to FORCE Outlook to stop using English (US) in emails? I am trying to use English (Australian). No offence but we spell things differently down here, as do the limeys. I have changed it it the LANGUAGES setting but it keeps changing back.

It refuses to stop putting the red underlines in emails too. I don't care if the spelling is wrong. Same with the green lines.

I've been to the options and ticked or un-ticked all the relevant boxes I could find, but still it happens.

This is also the case in Word.

Outlook version 2002 SP2
Word 2002 SP2
XP Home 2002 SP1

While I'm at it, Word will not appear in the Start Menu up the top right with Outlook and Explorer, like it did in my older version.

And the buttons down the bottom left on the task bar (shortcuts to explorer, outlook, clear the screen, etc are gone. How can I get them to appear?

Thanks for any help available.

[Sylvander]

Starting with the easy stuff:

QUICK LAUNCH [CUSTOMIZATION]
I went to "Start>Help>Index" and typed "Custom" [the beginning of Customize or Customizing (because you want to customize something)] and found "Customizing the Taskbar".
Two options were found.
The most likely looking was "Add a Toolbar to the Desktop or Taskbar".
I think what you want is the "Quick Launch Toolbar".

Try it for yourself.
Once you get the hang of it you won't need to ask others how to find such things.

START MENU [CUSTOMIZATION]
Getting the idea?
Go to "Customizing the Start Menu", then select:
"To add a Program to the Start or Programs menu"
[there are other useful topics to read]
These instructions [not easy to follow] will tell you how to put Word on your Start menu.

I must say that these instructions in Windows Help are as clear as mud, or lets say difficult to visualise.

It all becomes so easy if you use Windows Explorer and are comfortable using it.
The key [to success] is to realise that what shows on the Start Menu is only a reflection of the files shown in Explorer at:
"C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs".
If you put a shortcut to something [an executable file say, Like Winword.exe] in the "C:\Windows\Start Menu" folder, then it appears at the top of the "Start" Menu.
If you create [and name] a FOLDER in "C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs", then THAT appears in the "Start>Programs" menu.
If you click on it you go nowhere because it is not a shortcut to any file.
If you then put 1 or more shortcuts [to files] in that folder, then THEY will appear in the Start menu in that folder and will activate [apply the default action to] the file that the shortcut points to.
If you don't make a folder, but put the shortcut in "C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs", then that shortcut [displaying the name you give it] will appear in "Start>Programs".
You can drag any item on the Start Menu to any location on the menu and drop it there.

So you need to find [use the "Find" facility if you don't know where it is] "Winword.exe" in Explorer and make a shortcut to it and place that shortcut in the place of your choice ["C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs"], so it appears on the Start Menu.

[sleddog]

Excellent advice, just one thing.... in Windows XP all the start menu stuff is in the user profile, not in C:\Windows.

[Vic 970]

another way to try is.....,

find a file/folder by using explorer (or 'find')

right click, choose send to > desktop (create shortcut)

then from the desktop drag and drop the icons to start menu

start menu extended list, quick launch bar etc. or even a folder created on the desktop.



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for languages,

check whats in control panel > regional settings.

there are also options in office progs, under tools > spelling

in word tools > options > spelling and grammar.

if no joy try putting in the office CD. run setup and get option to 'add or remove features' should be able to change it there.