diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/RTBItem.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/RTBItem.cs
index 665f6ca9..a38577ee 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/RTBItem.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/RTBItem.cs
@@ -754,9 +754,13 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			else
 				SaveText();
 			SaveConfig();		// This may be redundant
+			StepRTB.DidEditorialSpellCheck = false;
+			if (StepRTB.MySpellCheckDlg != null)
+				StepRTB.MySpellCheckDlg.DidCorrectSpelling = false;
 		}
 		public void SaveText()
 		{
+			bool existingChangeBar = MyStepRTB.MyItemInfo.HasChangeBar;
 			if (MyStepRTB.ReadOnly) return;
 			if (!MyStepRTB.ActiveMode) return;
 			if (MyStepRTB.IsExperimenting) return;
@@ -777,6 +781,18 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 					sc.Step_ChangeID = this.MyStepPanel.MyStepTabPanel.MyDisplayTabControl.ChgId;
 					//if (MyStepRTB.MyItemInfo.MyConfig == null) itm.MyContent.Config = sc.ToString();
 				}
+				//  B2015-024 Have Spell Checker text changes be an editorial change (not assign a change bar but keep existing change bar)
+				if (MyItemInfo.ActiveFormat.PlantFormat.FormatData.EditData.EditoralSpellCheck)
+				{
+					if (StepRTB.DidEditorialSpellCheck)
+					{
+						if (sc == null) sc = new StepConfig();
+						sc.Step_SpellCheckerChangedText = (existingChangeBar) ? "KeepChangeBar" : "NoChangeBar";
+					}
+					else if (sc != null)
+						sc.Step_SpellCheckerChangedText = null; // clear spell checker changed text flag  B2015-024
+				}
+
 				// We saved changes made to some step text. Reset the change bar override.
 				// IF there is a step config remove the change bar override by setting the CBOverride value to null
 				// This fixes a problem reported by Farly where if the change bar or overridden to be off, the next
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepRTB.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepRTB.cs
index 2923576b..8ae286fb 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepRTB.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepRTB.cs
@@ -3252,7 +3252,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			get { return StepRTB._DoSpellCheck; }
 			set { StepRTB._DoSpellCheck = value; }
 		}
-		// We made the Spell Checker method a static so that all of the StepRTB boxes will bare the same instance of the dictionary.
+		// We made the Spell Checker method a static so that all of the StepRTB boxes will share the same instance of the dictionary.
 		// This allow all the StepRTB's to automatically update when a new word is added.
 		private static C1.Win.C1SpellChecker.C1SpellChecker _C1SpellChecker2;
 
@@ -3337,7 +3337,6 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			//_ContextMenuStepRTB.MyRTBItem.MyStepPanel.MyStepTabPanel.MyStepTabRibbon.OpenContextMenu(tsmi.Owner.Location);
 			_ContextMenuStepRTB.OnOpenContextMenu(sender, new StepRTBLocationEventArgs(tsmi.Owner.Location));
 		}
-
 		// This is our customized Spell Check dialog
 		// This is display when the use clicks the Spell button from the Ribbon 
 		// or when the "Spell" item is selected from the context menu when on a mis-spelled word
@@ -3352,15 +3351,20 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			}
 		}
 
+		//  B2015-024 have Spell Checker text changes be in editorial mode (not assign a change bar but keep existing change bar)
+		public static bool DidEditorialSpellCheck = false;
+
 		// This is used when walking through the section doing a spell check
 		// (from the Spell button on the ribbon)
 		public bool SpellCheckNext()
 		{
 			int nBad = C1SpellChecker2.CheckControl(this, false, MySpellCheckDlg);
+			if (MyItemInfo.ActiveFormat.PlantFormat.FormatData.EditData.EditoralSpellCheck)
+				DidEditorialSpellCheck =  MySpellCheckDlg.DidCorrectSpelling;  // B2015-024 spell checker in editoral mode
 			return (nBad >= 0); // nBad = -1 means user pressed Cancel button
 		}
 		
-		// This allows us to turn off/on the specll check context menu when we toggle in and out of View Mode.
+		// This allows us to turn off/on the spell check context menu when we toggle in and out of View Mode.
 		// see btnToggleEditView_Click() in StepTabRibbon.cs
 		public void SpellCheckContextMenuOn(bool turnOnMenu)
 		{
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepTabRibbon.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepTabRibbon.cs
index affecfc3..b916093c 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepTabRibbon.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepTabRibbon.cs
@@ -2873,6 +2873,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 		private void btnSpell_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 		{
 			//MessageBox.Show("Functionality not available.", "Spell Check");
+			MyEditItem.SaveContents();
 			StepPanelTabDisplayEventArgs args = new StepPanelTabDisplayEventArgs("SpellChecker");
 			MyEditItem.MyStepPanel.OnTabDisplay(sender, args);
 		}
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/VlnSpellCheckDlg.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/VlnSpellCheckDlg.cs
index 1b0176c2..0945a9bb 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/VlnSpellCheckDlg.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/VlnSpellCheckDlg.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 		{
 			get { return _Errors[_ErrorIndex]; }
 		}
+		public bool DidCorrectSpelling = false;  // B2015-024  have Spell Checker text changes be in editorial mode (not assign a change bar but keep existing change bar)
 
 		public VlnSpellCheckDlg()
 		{
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 
 		private void UpdateEditor(string replacement)
 		{
+			DidCorrectSpelling = true;
 			// save starting point to continue checking from here
 			int start = CurrentError.Start;