Michael 1. Open the e-mail first 2 insert and letter a 3 press enter key and your attachment should open Because you are on a networked system in your department like myself this does not always work. Let us know and I will give you other ideas Tom O'Neill -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of michaelkeating Sent: 06 June 2006 13:08 To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] I use outlook express for my emails. Can anyone tell me the form for reading attachments. I tried insert + A but all I get is "not in an open message" Michael Keating