http://blogs.msdn.com/mikhailarkhipov/archive/2008/12/18/why-there-is-no-spell-checking-in-design-view.aspxSome folks asked why VS 2008 and VWD Express 2008 do not have "live" spell checking like Expression Web or SharePoint Designer 2007? Designer is shared with Expression Web and hence code must be there, right? Correct. But there are licensing issues. Officeen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)