Hi, Dian wrote: Open Word...go to Tools/Options/General and uncheck Confirm Conversion on open...then open the file. I found that CHECKING that confirm conversion option gets me a dialog box= that allows me to redirect Word away from trying to make my text file int= o a web archive (how rude!) and instead just treats like the plain text fil= e it is. Now, why this problem only crops up intermittently, I don't know... it's = a feature whose purpose I haven't quite divined as yet! Paul, Berkeley CA ************************************************************* 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?Subject=unsubscribe 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 *************************************************************