Last night I checked on Microsoft updates and found several for Office 2000. One had to be installed before all others so I proceeded only to discover it took 2½ hours. I set the download and went to bed only to find that Freeserve, my ISP, had disconnected after two hours even during a download. Apparently 2 hours is the longest Freeserve allows you to stay on line without redialling. I always thought if a download was interupted, on regaining the connection the download continued where it left off. Brian List Admin --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/2002