Tracy, Select the entire document with Ctrl-A. Pull down the Tools menu and open the Language submenu. Now, select Set Language. Tab down to the checkbox which says "Do not check spelling or grammar" and hit the spacebar until it isn't checked. Usually, the checkbox is blank to start with, and I have to do it twice. The first time JAWS says it is checked, and the second time it says it is not checked. Now, press OK, and that should do it. Gerald -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 2:20 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Help, no proofing Help! I can't spell-check the Doc file of Wild Bill: Santa Fe Death Trap, in Word because, so far as I can tell, the text is set to "no proofing". How do I set it to normal, so I ccan run spell-check? Thanks. Tracy