Julie, I think there is some confusion here, or maybe it's on my part.... As I recall, you have Office 2002, but you are referencing OE. Don't you mean Outlook, OE is a reference for Outlook Express, which is part of the Internet Explorer, but not part of MS Office 2002. In Outlook, from a new message, press alt-i for Insert, press f for files. Fill out the info or browse for the file you want to attach. Be sure to have the radio button for Attach selected, rather than Text or Shortcut. This will preserve the document with the .xls extension used by Excel. HTH Take my advice, I don't use it anyway. Steve -- 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. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw 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