Jamie, To fix your problem, you'll need to select the entire document, pull down the Language menu, open the Set Language dialog box, and uncheck the Do Not Check Spelling Or Grammar checkbox. You may also need to set the language to American English. Seems like I had to do that in 2003 before the change to the checkbox would take effect. Also, the checkbox is a three state checkbox, so make sure it's actually unchecked and not in between checked and unchecked. HTH Gerald -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamie Yates Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 4:19 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] It won't spell check? I downloaded a book for validating and to my surprise and consternation, I can't spell check it. I'm using Word 2003 and each time it says something like text marked do not check spelling and grammar was skipped. The book has errors so I know it needs spell checked. The title is Making Peace with your Past and in the title of the book it is spelled Makmg Peace so right there it tells me it's going to need at the minimum a spell check, which I always do anyway. It's been downloaded by several people before, four that I can tell if you count each "volunteer" without a name as the same person. I have never encountered a situation where I could not spell check a document because the text was marked not to be checked. How do I uncheck it? Jamie in Michigan Books gone wild.... http://www.bookcrossing.com/referral/jamieyates To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.