Hi list: I have noticed that the dictionaries used by the spell checker in ONE and the one used in word are different. is there a way of either modifying the default dictionary in outlook express, or telling it to use the one word uses? I've customised word's custom.dic dictionary with various words, and wish to have the same thing with the OE dictionary. Any help would be gratefully received. thanks. Hope to hear from you soon From Martin. Please email me: m.wilsher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx thanks. please visit my website: www.btinternet.com/@m.wilsher