MM - yes, thanks - the files are on my 'village website' and because it is a 'sleepy Sussex hollow' I save all in .doc as default. (Don't want to frighten the horses)
I'm sure the problem stems from the 'cheapo' MSWorks.
GG Not 'Vista qualified' but that looks identical to my XP solution? Are you saying that Vista offers a separate setting for .doc downloading from the web in IE?