You could try this to see if it makes any difference: http://cybertext.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/office-2003-set-the-default-la nguage/ Rhonda Rhonda Bracey rhonda.bracey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.cybertext.com.au <http://www.cybertext.com.au/> CyberText Newsletter/blog: http://cybertext.wordpress.com <http://cybertext.wordpress.com/> Author-it Certified Consultant ________________________________ From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Marnell Sent: Thursday, 12 March 2009 3:31 PM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: Defaulting to spell checking in MS Outlook Hi austechies, If you have been reading my recent emails, you may have gathered that I'm a crap speller, and probably don't know how to turn on the spell-checker. Yes, and no. I'm running MS Outlook 2003 on Windows XP, and every time I deselect the "Do not check spelling and grammar" option, the option is selected by default when I next open Outlook. And thus I send emails thinking the spell-checker is on when it has bloody well turned itself off. Has anyone got any ideas how to set spell-checking as the default? The OLH is of absolutely no use. Cheers Geoffrey Marnell Principal Consultant Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd T: +61 3 9596 3456 F: +61 3 9596 3625 W: www.abelard.com.au <http://www.abelard.com.au>