In message <5273641e2ajohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> John Harrison <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Have they accidently been sent out with RISC OS file types? > No. I have Pluto set by default to use MIME/PC, and in any case, the MS > Validator must have recognised it as a Word file in order to run the Word > validation. The tec article which was quoted earlier mentioned a ist of file extensions which were checked. It included .doc, but didn't list .docx. Using that might have been a solution, except that it isn't a save option from easiwriter. Renaming won't work, because the content of the two is quite different. -- Alan Adams, from Northamptonshire alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.nckc.org.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------------ To change, suspend or cancel your subscription go to //www.freelists.org/list/icon-users ------------------------------------------------------------