Hi Mo,

As far as I recall Rick Strahl had the similar problem. See Word and Spell Checking Focus Issues Thread #1305615

>I am using Word to do spell checking. I am using code from this MS kb http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271819
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>It seems since Word 2003 the code stop being able to change the WindowState value.
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>in the code we change the WindowState = 0 (normal) then we move Word out of the screen move(1000,1000)
>The problem is that WindowState is not changing to 0 but it keep the value for Maximized (I believe 1)
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>is there a better way to use Word Spell Checker? or a work around this problem.
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>Thanks