Deborah Cross, I suspect you have a Word macro-based virus that's not letting you save your work in Word. Have your IT guys do a sweep on your system. If that's not it, then your file is probably as corrupt as Simon Crean. :D George Mena Technical Lead/Sr. Technical Writer ESS Technology, Inc. 48401 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA USA 94538 510-492-1763 "We don't print the truth. We print what we know, what other people tell us. So we print lies." -- Ben Bradlee, executive editor of the Washington Post, 1978, at San Francisco State University, California ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************