Sell check does not recognize obvios misspellings.  How do I reset the
dictionary or even change the dicionary?  Or is the dictionary the problem?

We currently are using Office 2003 Professional. We have had some issues with
grammar check not catching all grammatical errors.
An example of a sentence not caught is:
I will just send her a personal note just to introduce myself, and let her

I am eleven pages into a lengthy report, (includes a lot of different
formatting) and noticed that my dictionary had reverted to English (US) from
English (Australia). To correct this:
A) Regional and Language Options amended 1)  English (Australia)  as default

I am running word 2000 through wortks suite on an Windows Xp format.  The
auto correct and spell check functions do not appear to be working at all,
patently incorrect words are not detected nor grammatical errors either.  
This is driving my daughter to distraction as she carries ...