Microsoft dominates the word processor world nowadays and continues to charge exorbitant prices for their products. But remember back when there was a contest among word processors? Word Perfect used to go neck and neck with Microsoft Word. Each program could just about do everything. Well, Word Perfect is still around, and dirt cheap. on CNET, the lowest price for Word Perfect Office 2000 was $84. But on E-bay, I saw lots of "new" Word Perfects going for under $20. Something like that would have a spell checker included in the package. As for being easy to learn, nobody will live long enough to figure out everything these office packages can do, but running the spell check usually involves nothing more than clicking on a picture of a dictionary, and everyone can figure out how to cut and paste.