glad you fixed it, Had it only worked in french and you were using office 7 and outlook express, you would have had to use a tool called spello,it works wonders. incidentally jaws is still tellingme things like "2 weeks overdue 1 reminder, and I am not using a calendar I a mmistified the computer engineer became sick ten minutes before he was due to arrive on friday, and ,when I phoned his second job as he has more than one they saidhe was as fit as a flea However the plumber says he will come tomorrow,I know that is notjaws related but 4 days of trying to stop house flooding and stopcock not being able to turn off has exhausted me,and I need some sleep so sorry,but there seem to be no reliable workmen in Uk. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kimsan To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 8:06 PM Subject: RE: spell check not working in word 07 After trying to figure out the solution I just restored my system to three days ago and spell check is working now, using the f seven route. From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dorothy Ingram-Gorban Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 3:03 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: spell check not working in word 07 If it spell checks in French only there is a fix for it Dave carlson solved that odd problem if you get a fix for yours do let us know. regards Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: Kimsan To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 6:41 AM Subject: spell check not working in word 07 Hi, I know there are a couple of ways to spell check in word but one of the ways is not working for me can someone help? I use to be able to press F seven to bring up the spell check dialog but now that is not working, instead I can only use insert Z. I have ran a repair and did a complete reinstall but still no go. Thank you.