Two things here. This is not confined to 2007, as I've seen it back in 2003. I seem to recall there are several scenarios 1. Even without modification to the file, word thinks its different to the loaded file and prompts to save the changes. This is a very long running issue, and I don't think anyone has managed to figure out why some files do it and others do not. This implies that nvda being there affects the changes detection of Word. The other issue is that you can do all you have said, and change spelling errors when the spellcheck is run after the file is typed. and some substitutions do not get fixed or worse are added as well as the faulty version in the file. Once again its apparently random. I did wonder if perhaps there is some kind of pop up sometimes that we are not seeing that asks if you want to have both, but is this really likely? Brian bglists@blueyonder.co.uk Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal email to:- briang1@blueyonder.co.uk, putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field.