Hi Fran, I don't know if there's a "recommended" size for normal.dot. Normal.dot is 43K on my machine, and it might be different on another one running a different version of Word. I'd never noticed the size thing until it was brought up here. Does anyone else use a newer version of Word and is willing to check the size of the file? Just wondering. Francis -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx