Clicking on the 'mobile' and holding until the contextual menu popped up revealed the SMS. (DOH!) Thanks all. I knew it was going to be so simple as and might as well have been stupid. Just goes to show about apple documentation (lacking) and to maybe just think how it should just work. As one person said to me, shame we have to have address book.app open. I agree. Perhaps panther will have something new and be a system preference, digital hub and all :) (those with panther NDA's can contact me directly -- LOL) Brilliant! And thanks to all who had answers and who helped me to test it. Good list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Erik Gilchrist | 973.462.8513 mailto:erikgil at metagrafix.com erikgil (AIM) | erikgilchrist (iChat) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ d e s i g n . d e v e l o p . d e l i v e r :: http://metagrafix.com :: http://erikgilchrist.com :: http://kaitlyngilchrist.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~