You can turn the assistant off... I still don't see the issue...

>>Sure.. The spell checking UI *is* the Word UI. There is no other way to do it. The beauty is that it is an interface that folks are familar with.
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>>Sorry if I don't see where the kludge is...
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>What if my UI is different? I'm not saying that its is, but I'm pretty particular on how the UI is designed. One point is that during the spell check, the stupid paper clip is available, but not through the rest of my application. This is not consistant.