Chuck,

This seems to work, although, note that if it's a string with no spaces it
only works if it's under 255 characters. But if there are spaces in the
textbox contents, then it does what you asked for:

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)

If Not Intersect(Target, Range("A63:G69")) Is Nothing And Len(Range("A63"))
<= 256 Then
Range("A63:G69").CheckSpelling CustomDictionary:="CUSTOM.DIC",
IgnoreUppercase:=False, _
AlwaysSuggest:=True, SpellLang:=1033
ActiveWindow.ScrollColumn = 1
End If

End Sub

Doug
"CLR" wrote in message
...
OUTSTANDING Doug...........thanks muchly.
It's beautiful............exactly what I wanted.

Oh yeah, is there any way to qualify it so it will only run if the
character
count in the cell/range is less than 257?

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3



"Doug Glancy" wrote in message
...
In your code the word Cells in "Cells.CheckSpelling" tells it to check
the
whole sheet, regardless of your previous selection. Try this:

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)

If Not Intersect(Target, Range("A63:G69")) Is Nothing Then
Range("A63:G69").CheckSpelling CustomDictionary:="CUSTOM.DIC",
IgnoreUppercase:=False, _
AlwaysSuggest:=True, SpellLang:=1033
ActiveWindow.ScrollColumn = 1
End If

End Sub

hth,

Doug

"CLR" wrote in message
...
Hi All..............

I am trying to create/record a macro that will automatically start the
Spell
Checker on a cell as soon as data is entered into it.

I have a large cell created by merging many cells (A63:g69) to form a
NOTES:
box at the bottom on one of my sheets. Many of my users can't spell,
and
I
would like the SpellChecker to pop up as soon as they hit Enter after
typing
in that cell, but would like to restrict it to only checking THAT one
cell-range,.............right now it wants to check the whole sheet,
even
the cells in hidden columns..........

Here's what I've got so far...........

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Target.Address = "$A$63" Then
Range("A63:G69").Select
Cells.CheckSpelling CustomDictionary:="CUSTOM.DIC",
IgnoreUppercase:=False _
, AlwaysSuggest:=True, SpellLang:=1033
ActiveWindow.ScrollColumn = 1
Application.EnableEvents = True
End If
End Sub

Any help would be appreciated..........

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3