A person should do a little research before asking questions sometimes. I did not before asking this time, but have done so now. In menus/tools/options/spelling there is an option for original and reply messages. If you un-check this, it will now check reply and original messages (if you do not remove them beforehand. Hope this helps anyone in the future. Morey -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx