margaret wrote:
I had been trying to get the check spelling for emails
but it is not high lited. So I looked at programs on I
have microsoft works not word. Do I need to download
words from whereever? Please help me know what this is
all about. I have Microsoft Windows xp home edition
version 2002.

If you are using Outlook Express, then do a google search for spell
checkers. There are several free ones out there that will work.