Can spell check run only within a certain paragraph style?

Hello fellow designers.
I am using InDesign CS3. I have quite a large Exhibitor Directory list for a conference guide and need to run spell check on it. I would however like to just run the spell check on the company description portion and not on all the international addresses and company names. Is this possible? Is there a third-party plugin to assist in this task?
I appreciate all your help and advice in advance.
Thank you kindly.
--Dimitry

Here's what you can do. Though it my not be quicker...
Do a search for the paragraph format (It will select all your text)
Check spelling with search set to selection.
On CS$ both panels stay open making it pretty easy to check back and forth. Not perfect, but perhaps a bit faster than a general search.

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