Well, I finally got my OE/SpellChecker problem solved. Word 97 appears not to work with Win XP. I downloaded a free spell checker at the site below and it works great, so far! http://www.geocities.com/vampirefo/ Also, to solve the Word Auto Format problem I was able to uninstall all of Office 97 and re-install it. It's working fine for now. Thanx to all that offered suggestions and help. Rod & Betty Adams Burning Up In Arizona ************************************* ************************************************************* 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 with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. 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 *************************************************************