A document is spelling and/or grammar checked and the errors are identified. The spelling and/or grammar errors are organized into groups of similar spelling and/or grammar errors. The groups of spelling and/or grammar errors are then presented for display to a user. The user can then view and spell and/or grammar check a whole group and/or individual errors in the group.The system also allows for spelling and/or grammar checking of multiple documents at the same time. Checking of multiple documents is accomplished by a user interface that can check multiple documents serially or in parallel. This provides a robust mechanism for managing spelling and grammar checking of directories of documents and groups of documents. In addition to checking text documents, the system and method allow spelling and/or grammar checking of non-text documents, web pages, and other types of documents.