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Exchange Server Cookbook
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Exchange Server Cookbook

by Paul Robichaux, Missy Koslosky, Devin L. Ganger
June 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
464 pages
13h 2m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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8.6. Controlling OWA 2003 Spellchecking

Problem

You want to control use of the OWA 2003 spellchecker.

Solution

Using a graphical user interface

To set Outlook Web Access 2003 to spellcheck messages when they are sent, do the following:

  1. While logged in to Outlook Web Access 2003, click the Options icon in the navigation pane.

  2. Under Spelling Options, check the box marked Always check spelling before sending.

  3. Optionally, choose whether words in uppercase or words containing numbers should be ignored by checking the appropriate boxes.

To manually spellcheck a message, do the following:

  1. From the message window, click the spelling button on the toolbar.

  2. If you haven't yet specified a default language, OWA will ask you to choose a language and click Check Document.

  3. If a misspelling is discovered, you will be presented with options to Ignore, Ignore All, Change, Change All, or Delete the offending word.

To disable spellchecking on the OWA 2003 server, do the following:

  1. On your Exchange Server computer, open the Registry Editor (regedit.exe).

  2. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeWeb\OWA registry key.

  3. Add a REG_DWORD called DisableSpellCheckOnSend

  4. To prevent users from being able to select the spellchecking option in OWA, set the value to 1. To allow users to choose the option of spellchecking, set the value to 0.

Using a command-line interface

The following command sets the DisableSpellCheckOnSend value:

> reg add HKLM\System\currentcontrolset\services\MSExchangeWeb\OWA ...
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