Well, once again the solution was so simple. I was unsure about saying I wanted to install something when I didn't know what it was. Never occurred to me that automatic hyphenation required special files...assumed something that sounds so basic would have been part of my regular Office install. Thanks as always:) Diane ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- Linda said: >>Why not try clicking yes? The document open was created with AutoHyphenation turned on and >>you not have the hyphenation files installed. ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************