closer to a 1/2 of that if you use Open Office. or a 1/3 if you use Office 2013 home and family
but all ver of office do have spell check. if it really does not then either it is turned off in settings or a major install issue happend.
ever tried a program for writers called Scrivener?
I have the Linux beta release that will stop working sometime in 2014.
It is pretty cool.