Anne, you could assign this to a button, unprotect the sheet check the
spelling and then protect the sheet

Sub Spell_Check()
ActiveSheet.Unprotect password:="123"
Cells.CheckSpelling CustomDictionary:="CUSTOM.DIC",
IgnoreUppercase:=False _
, AlwaysSuggest:=True
ActiveSheet.Protect password:="123"
End Sub


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"Anne CFS" <Anne wrote in message
...
I need to protect the formulae in the workshee, but also allow the users
to
use the spellchecker. Protecting the sheet disables the spellchecker - how
do
I get round this. There is no 'EnableSpellchecker' method, so I'm stuck!!