Did you try rebooting, Susan? Sometimes, low system resources causes this and a system reboot fixes it. Or maybe your control key is stuck? Since ctrl+tab makes tab just give you tabs in Outline mode, this could also be it. Try tapping both of your ctrl keys to see if that fixes it. Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Susan Odom Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 6:53 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] tab lost function in outline All of a sudden my tab key has lots in functionality with in the outline mode. So now pressing tab actually gives me a tab instead of taking me to the next level of my outline. Help!!! I use word 2002 and this just seemed to happen all of a sudden Thanks Susan ************************************************************* 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 with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. 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 *************************************************************