Freeman, Colt said: >Of course the one microsoft product that I have to run on my system is >Microsoft Office 2004, word has been giving me some problems recently. I >can not look at the desktop when trying to open or save a document from >the word program itself. It also has become very slow in day to day tasks. Try this: - Repair permissions http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html Item #1 - Trash the file: com.microsoft.Word.plist - Trash Word's "Normal" template See if things are better after you do these. Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) Routine OS X Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html