Thanks to everyone who has given me the exactly what the Outlook OLH says . but I'm afraid it doesn't work for me. Geoffrey Marnell Principal Consultant Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd T: +61 3 9596 3456 F: +61 3 9596 3625 W: <http://www.abelard.com.au> www.abelard.com.au _____ From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Suzanne Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 7:57 PM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: Re: Defaulting to spell checking in MS Outlook From the Outlook toolbar (not Word) - Tools> Options> Spelling tab> General options > ABC > Always check spelling before sending _____ From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Marnell Sent: Thursday, 12 March 2009 5:00 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: <http://www.abelard.com.au> www.abelard.com.au