I actually didn't have to turn it on, I had just gone there to verify that it was in fact on. Now that it's working in plain text but not HTML, I'm pretty sure it's on, I'm just a little freaked out by the selective functioning. Another issue which may or may not be related to this is that I installed Office XP and that's how I got Outlook 2002 on here. But I still had that annoying paperclip office assistant from version 2000 every time I checked the Help. That's not right, is it? So perhaps what I really need to do is just blow it off my system and start over. -----Original Message----- From: Linda F. Johnson [mailto:linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 12:14 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Outlook questions Thanks for the info, Parker. I guess I just made a wrong assumption, since I never use Word as my email editor. Elise...I would try Parker's suggestion of reinstalling the spellchecker....or try Detect and Repair from the Help menu You said you went into the Spelling options in Tools>Options and set it up there....in my experience, by default, Outlook 2002 has this already set up when you install it, so you shouldn't have had to turn it on in the first place. If you did, then I'm thinking you didn't install Outlook completely the first time? Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm =20 -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Renaud, Parker Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 12:06 PM To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [mso] Re: Outlook questions Linda- I also though that might be the case. To check it, I set Word to be my e-mail editor, stopped the spell checker in Word, and left it on in Outlook. The spell checker still ran. The only way I could get the spell checker to not work in Outlook was to turn it off in Outlook. Parker Renaud IT Manager Colliers Keenan Inc. 803-401-4264 prenaud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to=20 mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=3Dunsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************