Try this: Control O to get to the Open dialog box. Shift Tab to move to the file list. Then press the beginning letter of the file you are looking for. Once you have located the file, press Enter to open the file. This works for all versions of Word. This also assumes that you are only looking for documents with the file type of .doc and not other file types, such as txt and such. Francis -- 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. 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