[quote='Stefan Blom[_3_];492285']Take a look at
http://wordfaqs.mvps.org/MasterSpellCheck.htm.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
Thank you very much for that link Stefan. I appreciate you taking the time to read my request and to reply. : )
I suppose I should also have included in my opening post that I have used Word since the 1990s - it's been my primary tool as a technical writer and editor, many of those years producing documents for Microsoft. I was always perfectly satisfied with Word's spell check - it worked beautifully. The people I produced documents and books for were always pleased with them. But in the last couple of years, spell check has failed, missing random words that do not have any non-typical characteristics (all caps, or combined upper-and-lower-case, words with numbers, web addresses, etc.), and I don't know why. I only know that I've lost confidence in it since the current 350-page book has gone to press for three editions now and it still has errors. This is why I'm specifically seeking an exceptional and proven tool for spell checking that is not associated with Word. My publisher has requested that this be done. With that said, can anyone recommend a non-Word tool that is stellarly reliable?
Thanks much!
IslandKatz