That it must do! But when it isn't crashing and destroying my posts, I do prefer the regular "Post Reply" window as I find Word makes it smell faintly of hard work. If I'd have opened Word and seen the long and boring report I still have to finish, the sex organs attached to my brain would shrivel up and go on strike, leaving what's left of my mind to write an equally dull post that reads like the minutes of an uneventful meeting of some ghastly committee. Notepad never occurs to me as an option until its too late!