Really weird error in Outlook/Word 2003 spelling/grammar

Today when I opened my Word 2003 I had a very weird error. The spelling and grammar checker would start checking each letter I type.

So what happens is I type a letter and the spelling/grammar dialog box comes up with a suggested spelling. I have to cancel or choose ignor to get it to go away.

Another weird thing is that if I don't type anything it will tell me over, and over, and over again that spelling and grammer check is complete. I have to hit the "OK" button a ton of times to get rid of it.

Can anyone please help?!? I do not want to reinstall microsoft office 2003 because I'm afriad of losing all my email in outlook.

Also as a side note, the problem started in Outlook 2003 and I noticed it was the spell checker so I tested it in Word 2003 and I got the same error.

If you can help I will be forever in your debt. Thank you a ton!

-Beers