Hi Sue,
This is the right place for questions like this. Unfortunately, spellcheck is not automatically applied to the message window. It would be a nice feature to have. I will inquire with our tech guy if this would be a simple flick of switch to add.
But, if this is not an easy add-on, I will add it to our wishlist for the next website update. (psst that's still in the planning stages, but we're working on an overhaul.) I'd also like to add an edit feature.
In the meantime, you can compose your messages in another document such as Word that has spellcheck and then paste the message into the forum.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Colleen