Because somehow the text in the document has been marked as being Danish
language. Open the problem document, press Ctrl+A to select all of the
text, and click on Tools | Language | Set Language | <choose your
preferred variation of English> | Default | OK. Press F7 to rerun
spellcheck.
> I was performing a spell check on a Word doc and received a message something
> like "Word can not perfrom proofing on a Danish document. You need the
> correct proofing tool." This document is in English and I am using the
> English dictionary as the default. Why would I get such a message?
> --
> Rich