Mail spell check

When I am spell checking an email prior to sending, if I want to go back to modify the text, the document is sent if I press return. How do I modify the body of a document once in spell check? Related to this, how do I cancel out of spell check once in it so that I can make changes or additions to an email. Unlike Outlook and Entourage, Mail does not allow this.

Hi beneva, and a warm welcome to the forums!
You might well get an answer here, but this is Mail in 10.4.x, two revisions older than 10.6.x's Mail, you might get a better answer over here...
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1338

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