>>So, are you saying that I'm not going to find a good answer to this problem (besides going to Outlook Lite :) ?
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>You'd think it would be an option somewhere, to remember the 'last saved' directory, but I haven't found it. If you find an answer please post it as I'm sure a lot of folks would like to know.

Here's another Office 2000 weirdo...

As you have observed, every open spreadsheet or Word document creates a new item on the taskbar. No one here really likes that...

In Excel 2000, there is a check box ('Windows in Taskbar') in Options that can be unchecked, that solves this problem. However, I cannot find a similar option in Word...

Take care,