Missing dll files

Max · External Since: Jun 28, 2004 Posts: 195

When I click the Spell Check button in Word 2000, an error message says it
can't find the files msspell3.dll and mssp232.dll. Have gone to Control
Panel/Add new programs and run the reinstall on Office followed by a restart
- no luck. Where can I locate those files and where should they be installed
on my PC?

Thank you in advance.

garfield-n-odie [MVP] · External Since: Feb 13, 2006 Posts: 1969

You might get this error message if your text is formatted as a
language for which you do not have proofing tools installed. Try
this: Open a document where this problem occurs, press Ctrl+A to
select all of the text, click on Tools | Language | Set Language
| <choose your language> | uncheck the "Detect language
automatically" and "Do not check spelling or grammar" boxes |
Default | OK. Then press F7 to rerun spelling and grammar
checks, and save the document.

Max wrote:

> When I click the Spell Check button in Word 2000, an error message says it
> can't find the files msspell3.dll and mssp232.dll. Have gone to Control
> Panel/Add new programs and run the reinstall on Office followed by a restart
> - no luck. Where can I locate those files and where should they be installed
> on my PC?
>
> Thank you in advance.

Max · External Since: Jun 28, 2004 Posts: 195

This will not help. What is actually happening is that my Outlook Express
won't enable the Spell Check button. What I can find on this says it is
dependent on other Office applications to supply the dictionary. When I go
into Word, I get the message about the missing dll files.

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

> You might get this error message if your text is formatted as a
> language for which you do not have proofing tools installed. Try
> this: Open a document where this problem occurs, press Ctrl+A to
> select all of the text, click on Tools | Language | Set Language
> | <choose your language> | uncheck the "Detect language
> automatically" and "Do not check spelling or grammar" boxes |
> Default | OK. Then press F7 to rerun spelling and grammar
> checks, and save the document.
>
> Max wrote:
>
> > When I click the Spell Check button in Word 2000, an error message says it
> > can't find the files msspell3.dll and mssp232.dll. Have gone to Control
> > Panel/Add new programs and run the reinstall on Office followed by a restart
> > - no luck. Where can I locate those files and where should they be installed
> > on my PC?
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
>
>

garfield-n-odie [MVP] · External Since: Feb 13, 2006 Posts: 1969

I guess I was misled by the part in your original post where you
said, "When I click the Spell Check button in Word 2000...".

Max wrote:
> This will not help. What is actually happening is that my Outlook Express
> won't enable the Spell Check button. What I can find on this says it is
> dependent on other Office applications to supply the dictionary. When I go
> into Word, I get the message about the missing dll files.
>
>
> "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
>
>
>>You might get this error message if your text is formatted as a
>>language for which you do not have proofing tools installed. Try
>>this: Open a document where this problem occurs, press Ctrl+A to
>>select all of the text, click on Tools | Language | Set Language
>>| <choose your language> | uncheck the "Detect language
>>automatically" and "Do not check spelling or grammar" boxes |
>>Default | OK. Then press F7 to rerun spelling and grammar
>>checks, and save the document.
>>
>>Max wrote:
>>
>>
>>>When I click the Spell Check button in Word 2000, an error message says it
>>>can't find the files msspell3.dll and mssp232.dll. Have gone to Control
>>>Panel/Add new programs and run the reinstall on Office followed by a restart
>>>- no luck. Where can I locate those files and where should they be installed
>>>on my PC?
>>>
>>>Thank you in advance.
>>
>>