duhhh! Thanks Peter, Cathy and all. you wouldn't believe how many times I went thru the options...i think I was expecting repair so kept overlooking simple compact...it's probably gonna be "one of THOSE days"...sigh /g -----Original Message----- From: Cathy.Evans@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:Cathy.Evans@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 08:20 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Access Exit Try TOOLS/OPTIONS menu, select the "General" tab, check "Compact on Close". _____ =20 << ella for Spam Control >> has removed 11334 Spam messages and set aside 0 Newsletters for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! www.ellaforspam.com=09 ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************