There is probably a super simple answer to this but here it goes: Word Pad looks awesome, everything is great except for the abc check. It's got a strike through the link and isn't working. How do i Enable spell check? Thanks in advance, Chris.

Chris, Are you sure you're referring to Wordpad.exe, the free utility that comes with Windows (and has since Windows 95)? I ask because Wordpad has never had a built-in spellcheck utility.-Alex

I'm pretty sure it's word pad. file:///C:/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start%20Menu/Programs/Accessories/Wordpad.lnk Link to the Image: http://i40.tinypic.com/f1m5u0.jpg Maybe I am mislead? No hope? Aw man and I got this paper due tomorrow!

Absolute00 - Assuming you're on the Home tab of the ribbon and you're looking in the Font section of said tab and you're looking at the button marked with an ABC that's just to the right of the U (for underline) button. That would be the button that converts your standard text into strikeout text - in much the same way as the Underline button underlines text, the Bold button turns the selected font into Bold text and the Italic button converts text to Italic text. Strikethrough text can't be displayed in these forums... So, Alex is quite correct - there is NO spell check feature in WordPad - and never has been.

No hope? Aw man and I got this paper due tomorrow! Chris - There area few options... If you've got Windows Live Mail installed, you can copy/paste text into a New, outbound email text box and it has a spell checker. Or you could see about getting a copy of Office 2007 Student and Teacher edtion - if you qualify - for $59 or so... Or (and I'm sure Steve Balmer will have me wash my mouth out with soap for suggesting this, but hey, it's an emergency, right?) you can download and install OpenOffice and do your paper in it's word processor.