diff -r 3ee4cb3a17dd svx/source/editeng/editeng.cxx
--- a/svx/source/editeng/editeng.cxx	Fri Oct 30 09:44:02 2009 +0000
+++ b/svx/source/editeng/editeng.cxx	Fri Oct 30 17:46:26 2009 +0000
@@ -1783,7 +1783,8 @@
 					ContentNode* pNode = pImpEditEngine->GetEditDoc().GetObject( n );
 					pNode->CreateWrongList();
 				}
-				pImpEditEngine->StartOnlineSpellTimer();
+				if (pImpEditEngine->IsFormatted())
+					pImpEditEngine->StartOnlineSpellTimer();
 			}
 			else
 			{