Thanks for you welcome.
I have no idea what I have installed because someone at work set it up for me. I have been using WORD fine for a year and always just right clicked on a word to get the spell check to open or to use the thesaurus. It stopped working and I looked online and it seems like these directions might work....if I had that first button:
This is from another website but I don't see that first MOB button!
Spell Check Does Not Work (Word 2007) - Office - Applications
give this a try :
1) First you need to open a Microsoft Word document
2) Click the MOB (Microsoft Office Button) at the top left corner
3) At the bottom of that menu is a button labeled "Word Options" (it's next to "Exit Word" )
4) On the left side is a list. Click "Add-Ins"
5) At the bottom of this menu there is a small box next to the word Manage
6) Click that box and select "Disabled Items" from the list
7) Once you have selected this click the "Go" next to it
8) A new window will open and if on of the options has the words "Spell Check" then select this
9) Once the option is selected then proceed with clicking Enable.
10) Close the "Word Options" menu and proceed to type an obvious misspelled word to test it.