On my new xp machine, if I send myself or someone sends me a Word document attachment, it is grayed out. I can get the same thing as a text document, but for some reason it's not letting me open Word attachments. How do I change this? Re-Na Hanson / Arkansas USA Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.