Hi Brian, Very many thanks for that. I did rename the short cut for word from Microsoft Office Word 2003 to Microsoft Word on the desktop last night and it now works. I did also do the same thing for Microsoft Outlook and that also works to. Kind regards Owen Palamountain Email Address: owen.p@xxxxxxxxxx Skype: owen6510820 Mobile: +64 021 390 750 -----Original Message----- From: j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Hartgen Sent: Sunday, 26 March 2006 10:02 p.m. To: j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [j-say list] Re: Starting Microsoft Word with J-Say Hi Owen The best thing to do is to put the shortcut to Microsoft Word directly on the start menu or desktop, then rename it to Microsoft Word rather than the more extensive name given to it by default. Then you can say "start Microsoft Word" or "start Word", depending upon how you name it. Brian Hartgen Technical Consultant T&T Consultancy Ltd Office suite 5, Imex Technology Park Trentham Lakes South Stoke-On-trent ST48LJ Phone: 08452 303015 Fax: 01782 646142 Web Site, www.tandt-consultancy.com NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this e-mail's content. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and then delete the email and any attachments from your system. T&T Consultancy Ltd have made strenuous efforts to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any viruses which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all received e-mail messages. -----Original Message----- From: j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pranav Lal Sent: 26 March 2006 07:16 To: j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [j-say list] Re: Starting Microsoft Word with J-Say Hi Owen, You say the exact name of the shortcut. I have not done the desktop thing. I start Microsoft word by saying "start microsoft office word 2003" and word 2003 starts. Pranav -----Original Message----- From: j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Owen Palamountain Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 11:03 AM To: j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [j-say list] Starting Microsoft Word with J-Say Hi All, When you have the short cut Microsoft Office Word 2003 on the desktop. Do you say start Microsoft word or start Microsoft office word 2003 to start Microsoft word? I have been trying to start Microsoft word with J-Say from the desktop and I can't get it to start Microsoft word from the desktop. Kind Regards Owen Palamountain Email Address: owen.p@xxxxxxxxxx Skype: owen6510820 Mobile: +64 21 390 750