thanks but it was not that kind of problem the office copy had been 2002 before the laptop was cleaned off,I wanted to give laptop a new lease of life, had product keys for it,but office 2002 was scratched so office 7 was put on,as I had that when I bought dell windows 7, Outlook express gets messed up completely however and if you do not want to use Live mail but Outlook express you need a fix,Dave carlson knew that The engineer would never have guessed that in fact even very computer savvy friends wouldn't have known Good luck with the widows by the way! Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: Yadiel To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 9:26 PM Subject: Re: Spell Check Fixed If you're using outlook or widows life mail, there is an option on the all program start menu that you can choose the language you want office to spell check. If that doesn't work go to control pannel and choosE regiona and language options. There you can select your languages. I have mine on english and spanish. Yadiel l From: Dorothy Ingram-Gorban Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 3:28 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Spell Check Fixed that was not a problem wait till it will only spellcheck in French and you have no idea why and you are using Outlook express on a cleaned off laptop with Jaws 11 I got a fix from Dave carlson It was spello a special tool I had put office 7 on the laptop,that was a real problem Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Mitchell To: JAWS Help Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 4:52 PM Subject: Spell Check Fixed Howdy, With my legendary computer trouble shooting skills, I was able to fix my Spell Check issue. Solution: I rebooted the thing. You're welcome. Bill Gates There comes a time in every man's life and I've had plenty of 'em - Casey Stengel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3081 - Release Date: 08/19/10 07:35:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3083 - Release Date: 08/20/10 07:35:00