I used outlook on 6 nov 2013 and I had a spell check in the top blue bar. When I used it 11 nov 2013 it had vanished. I have a standard Vista home basic sp2 running on a toshiba satellite computer.  I have completely down powered the compter to reset any problems there but this has not cured the problem. Msft has automatically loaded some patches in this period. Is this the problem?

 

Thanks Ken Whyborn

Original Title: "Outlook is terrible"

I downloaded Outlook because of the MS hype about it. I experienced the following problems:
1.  I cannot see the "Options" in the blue bar on top without pointing my cursor at the bar and dragging across to have those options appear.

2. I can no longer open an email addressee's info to change or add an email address.  I downloaded Outlook as it was hyped as such a good product.  At this point I think it stinks (technical word).

3.  I called an 800 number that was supposed to be a support line for the home user.  I connected with someone in India who told me that to fix "My" problem I would have to pay him $69.95 (Oh! it is a one time charge..give me a break!)

Can anybody out there help me fix "MY" problem.  Somebody should have a looong chat with M. Gates.  This really stinks!