Okay, now that you have the attachment(s) in a directory, you can open Windows Explorer (Start Button, Programs, Wiindows Explorer). The techie thing to do, if you haven't already done it, is click 'view' on the menu bar, 'options' and un-check 'Hide MS-DOS extensions' and then the 'Okay' button. Then 'view', details. Now click on 'view', 'refresh' and Windows Explorer will give you a file structure that is usable. If you now go to the directory where the minutes.wpd is located, double click on 'minutes.wpd' and a pop-up box will appear and ask what program you want to use to open this extension with. Scroll down and choose 'Winword'. Now every time you double click on a file that was created in WordPerfect, Word will automatically launch and open the minutes. TADA Back to the Windows Explorer. Now that you have the details showning, any of the column headings over the files (on the right side pane) can be used as sort filters. Alphabetic/reverse alpha, size/reverse size, and date modified/asending-descending. These sort features work in all windows programs that have column heading and is very useful in e-mail programs to sort by sender or date. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ WWJD ++++++++++++++++++++++ David Deutl 802-656-3021 207 Morrill Hall [log in to unmask] Center for Rural Studies 14514676 - ICQ College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 793-3311 (cell) University of Vermont http://crs.uvm.edu Burlington, VT 05405-0106