Thanks for that. I started going in via programs and features and I had to update to service pack 1 which includes Explorer 9 (incidently has some problems with Windows 7 according to my ISP) I have to remove it later. I ended up in "Internet Properties Programs and found that the default for Word 2003-207 was the docx extention. I have never been in this part of rograming before so I changed it to the default Windows .doc and presto it now works correctly. My Word emails are coming thru as I wanted in Word. Thanks everyone for comments and assistance