Hi Darryl,
Perhaps this might help:

1. From the Project menu, click References.
2. To include the Microsoft Word 8.0 Object Library in your project, make sure that there's an "x" in the check box next to its listing, and then click OK.
3. Double-click the Check Spelling button, and then type the following program code in the Code window:
Dim X As Object 'create Word object
Set X = CreateObject("Word.Application")

X.Visible = False 'hide Word
X.Documents.Add 'open a new document
X.Selection.Text = Text5.Text 'copy text box to document
X.ActiveDocument.CheckGrammar 'run spell/grammar checker
Text5.Text = X.Selection.Text 'copy corrected text to VB
X.ActiveDocument.Close SaveChanges:= wdDoNotSaveChanges
X.Application.Quit 'quit Word
Set X = Nothing 'release object variable
I found this in the MIcrosoft Learning Visual Basic 6.0 course.

Hope it helps.

Barry