katlaughing...if you are serious about spellchecking...AND you use PC and not MAC go here ...this is a 'spell checker for edit boxes'.. totally free, and works fine...I put it in my 'start up' list so it is always available. When I am typing a lond diatribe *grin* and I want to avoid silly spelling errors, I just hit 'alt-ctrl-F12' and it walks me through the document. (warning..it does not deal with such things as *this*..it sort of expects you to type without weird symbols directly attached to your words...so guys like me have to hit extra 'ignore this spelling' buttons.)