Not in Office, but have you ever heard of the Read-Write program? As far as I know, it lets you add an audible spellchecker to any Windows application. Check it out here. http://www.texthelp.com/products.asp hth vic Lock and hide folders with maximum ease and security. http://personal-computer-tutor.com/lh/lockhide.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rex Leslie Howard Jr." <hbk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 2:39 AM Subject: [mso] new member ? about spellchecker? > Hi all, > My name is Rex and I just joined this group. I am a blind computer user and an idiot with regard to most Office Applications. > Linda says she can teach an old dog new tricks, so wel'll see. she also tells me that there are others on this group that are blind and that you're all exceptionare at Office. > > So this won't be a post without a question or unrelated to Office, let me ask the following. > > Is there anyway that I can cause Word to send me a beep when a word is misspelled. From my understanding misspelled words are shown with a wavey line under the word, and I was wondering if I can make this an audible experience? > > Thanks in advance. > > Rex > Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad. - Aldous Huxley > Visit my site > http://www.brightok.net/~hbk > or consider joining my injustice and general discussion list at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/project-grasp > > ************************************************************* > 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 > ************************************************************* > ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************