Hi Stefan,
Thanks for your message.
I followed the instructions in the second doc (kb/257643) but got stuck at
this instruction:
3.Select the first registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing Tools\Spelling
because there is no key "Spelling" under "Proofing Tools".
This seems to be an installation problem.
Do you think I should uninstall and reinstall Word?
I should add: this problem (losing the spell checker) started when I had
to reinstall the OS after a virus attack. So this does sound like an
install problem.
When I installed Word, I did not install all the features. Perhaps a
feature I did not install includes Spell Checker. Perhaps I should add all
the features I did not install rather than uninstalling and reinstalling.
Do you know which feature includes Spell Checker? I looked very carefully
during the install process and did not see any explicit references to Spell
Checker.
Thanks very much, Chaim