Appleworks 6.2 spellcheck freezes

When I try to open spellcheck I get only a tiny window at the top of the screen which says "1 questionable word" even if I have deliberately misspelled 2. The cursor cannot make anything happen and I have to force quit the program to do anything. Of course I lose my unsaved document. What am I doing wrong?
I just had a new hard drive installed and got the new Appleworks 6.2 at the same time.
iBook Mac OS X (10.3.9)
iBook   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Welcome to Apple Discussions saft
If you are only running AppleWorks 6.2 (no third
number), this problem is likely the spell check
window problem that happened with early OS X versions
of AW 6 when the dock was placed anywhere except the
bottom. Try changing the dock location & see what
happens. The dock issue was fixed in the 6.2.2
update, but returned with 6.2.4. It has again been
fixed with the most recent update, 6.2.9.
I also highly recommend you update to at least
AppleWorks 6.2.4. That is the earliest version that
is stable in OS X 10.2 or higher. You can find the
updater 6.2.4 here. As I said before, the current version
is 6.2.9. You can find the most reliable link to the
6.2.9 updater on this page where you can choose the
appropriate updater for your AppleWorks 6
installation.
Peggy, thank you so much! What a simple solution - but I could have worked for months and not thought of it! I am very grateful to you!
iBook   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

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