Margaret, go into view menu then into current view, cursor down to group messages together and uncheck the box. Job done. hth Jim. ----- Original Message ----- From: Margaret Smith To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 11:29 AM Subject: [access-uk] Collapsed Messages hello Could someone kindly remind me what to do? Suddenly, for reasons beyond my knowledge, some of my messages are saying Collapsed. How do I change this? Many thanks. Marg.