diff --git a/src/Forms/Main.cs b/src/Forms/Main.cs
index ab1b6fad4..1bb1f2feb 100644
--- a/src/Forms/Main.cs
+++ b/src/Forms/Main.cs
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
         WaveFormUnDocked _waveFormUnDocked = null;
         VideoControlsUndocked _videoControlsUnDocked = null;
 
+        bool _cancelWordSpellCheck = false;
+
         private bool AutoRepeatContinueOn
         {
             get
@@ -2767,7 +2769,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
         }
 
         private void SpellCheckViaWord()
-        {
+        {            
             if (_subtitle == null | _subtitle.Paragraphs.Count == 0)
                 return;
 
@@ -2776,24 +2778,27 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
             try
             {
                 wordSpellChecker = new WordSpellChecker();
+                wordSpellChecker.NewDocument();
             }
             catch
             {
                 MessageBox.Show(_language.UnableToStartWord);
-                //Configuration.Settings.General.SpellChecker = "hunspell"; ???
                 return;
             }
-            string version = wordSpellChecker.Version;            
-            int index = 1;
+            string version = wordSpellChecker.Version;  
+          
+            int index = FirstSelectedIndex;
+            if (index < 0)
+                index = 0;
+
+            _cancelWordSpellCheck = false;
             foreach (Paragraph p in _subtitle.Paragraphs)
             {
                 int errorsBefore;
                 int errorsAfter;
-                wordSpellChecker.NewDocument();
                 ShowStatus(string.Format(_language.SpellChekingViaWordXLineYOfX, version, index, _subtitle.Paragraphs.Count.ToString()));
                 SubtitleListview1.SelectIndexAndEnsureVisible(index - 1);
                 string newText = wordSpellChecker.CheckSpelling(p.Text, out errorsBefore, out errorsAfter);
-                wordSpellChecker.CloseDocument();
                 if (errorsAfter > 0)
                 {
                     wordSpellChecker.Quit();
@@ -2806,9 +2811,14 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
                 }
                 totalCorrections += (errorsBefore - errorsAfter);
                 index++;
+
+                if (_cancelWordSpellCheck)
+                    break;
             }
+            wordSpellChecker.CloseDocument();
             wordSpellChecker.Quit();
             ShowStatus(string.Format(_language.SpellCheckCompletedXCorrections, totalCorrections));
+            Cursor = Cursors.Default;
         }
 
         private void SpellCheck(bool autoDetect)
@@ -5126,6 +5136,11 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
                 InsertAfter();
                 e.SuppressKeyPress = true;
             }
+            else if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Escape)
+            {
+                _cancelWordSpellCheck = true;
+            }
+
             //else if (e.Modifiers == Keys.Control && e.KeyCode == Keys.D)
             //{
             //    InsertAfter();
diff --git a/src/Forms/Settings.cs b/src/Forms/Settings.cs
index ad85457c4..b027b7845 100644
--- a/src/Forms/Settings.cs
+++ b/src/Forms/Settings.cs
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
             labelSubtitleFontSize.Text = language.SubtitleFontSize;
             labelSubtitleFontColor.Text = language.SubtitleFontColor;
             labelSubtitleFontBackgroundColor.Text = language.SubtitleBackgroundColor;
-            labelSpellChecker.Text = language.SubtitleBackgroundColor;
+            labelSpellChecker.Text = language.SpellChecker;
             checkBoxSubtitleFontBold.Text = Configuration.Settings.Language.General.Bold;
             checkBoxRememberRecentFiles.Text = language.RememberRecentFiles;
             checkBoxReopenLastOpened.Text = language.StartWithLastFileLoaded;
diff --git a/src/Logic/WordLateBound.cs b/src/Logic/WordSpellChecker.cs
similarity index 76%
rename from src/Logic/WordLateBound.cs
rename to src/Logic/WordSpellChecker.cs
index 0a9977912..471c491e0 100644
--- a/src/Logic/WordLateBound.cs
+++ b/src/Logic/WordSpellChecker.cs
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic
         {
             _wordApplicationType = System.Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Word.Application");
             _wordApplication = Activator.CreateInstance(_wordApplicationType);
-            _wordApplicationType.InvokeMember("Top", BindingFlags.SetProperty, null, _wordApplication, new object[] { -1000 }); // hide window - it's a hack
-            _wordApplicationType.InvokeMember("Visible", BindingFlags.SetProperty, null, _wordApplication, new object[] { true }); // set visible to true - otherwise it will appear in the background
+            _wordApplicationType.InvokeMember("WindowState", BindingFlags.SetProperty, null, _wordApplication, new object[] { 0 }); // 0 == ?
+            _wordApplicationType.InvokeMember("Top", BindingFlags.SetProperty, null, _wordApplication, new object[] { -10000 }); // hide window - it's a hack
         }
 
         public void NewDocument()
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic
         {
             object saveChanges = false;
             object p = Missing.Value;
-            _wordDocumentType.InvokeMember("Close", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, _wordDocument, new object[] { saveChanges, p, p });
+            _wordDocumentType.InvokeMember("Close", BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, _wordDocument, new object[] { saveChanges, p, p });
         }
 
         public string Version
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic
             object saveChanges = false;
             object originalFormat = Missing.Value;
             object routeDocument = Missing.Value;
-            _wordApplicationType.InvokeMember("Quit", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, _wordApplication, new object[] { saveChanges, originalFormat, routeDocument });
+            _wordApplicationType.InvokeMember("Quit", BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, _wordApplication, new object[] { saveChanges, originalFormat, routeDocument });
             try
             {
                 System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(_wordDocument);
@@ -74,12 +74,13 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic
             object spellingErrorsCount = spellingErrors.GetType().InvokeMember("Count", BindingFlags.GetProperty, null, spellingErrors, null);
             errorsBefore = int.Parse(spellingErrorsCount.ToString());
             System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(spellingErrors);
-           
+
             // perform spell check
             object p = Missing.Value;
+            _wordApplicationType.InvokeMember("Top", BindingFlags.SetProperty, null, _wordApplication, new object[] { -10000 }); // hide window - it's a hack
             _wordApplicationType.InvokeMember("Visible", BindingFlags.SetProperty, null, _wordApplication, new object[] { true }); // set visible to true - otherwise it will appear in the background
             _wordDocumentType.InvokeMember("CheckSpelling", BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, _wordDocument, new Object[] { p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p }); // 12 parameters
-//            _wordApplicationType.InvokeMember("Top", BindingFlags.SetProperty, null, _wordApplication, new object[] { -1000 }); // hide window - it's a hack
+
 
             // spell check error count
             spellingErrors = _wordDocumentType.InvokeMember("SpellingErrors", BindingFlags.GetProperty, null, _wordDocument, null);
@@ -88,13 +89,12 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic
             System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(spellingErrors);
 
             // Get spellcheck text
-            object first = 0;
-            object characters = _wordDocumentType.InvokeMember("Characters", BindingFlags.GetProperty, null, _wordDocument, null);
-            object charactersCount = characters.GetType().InvokeMember("Count", BindingFlags.GetProperty, null, characters, null);
-            object last = int.Parse(charactersCount.ToString()) - 1;
-            System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(characters);
-
             object resultText = range.GetType().InvokeMember("Text", BindingFlags.GetProperty, null, range, null);
+            range.GetType().InvokeMember("Delete", BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, range, null);
+
+            System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(words);
+            System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(range);
+
             return resultText.ToString().TrimEnd(); // result needs a trimming at the end
         }
 
diff --git a/src/SubtitleEdit.csproj b/src/SubtitleEdit.csproj
index 32e9d47d2..6c96f6daf 100644
--- a/src/SubtitleEdit.csproj
+++ b/src/SubtitleEdit.csproj
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Logic\VobSub\VobSubParser.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logic\VobSub\VobSubMergedPack.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logic\VobSub\VobSubPack.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Logic\WordLateBound.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Logic\WordSpellChecker.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logic\zlib\Adler32.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logic\zlib\Deflate.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logic\zlib\InfBlocks.cs" />