Hi Susan, Be careful with Notepad as it doesn't word wrap and is designed for writing command scripts with a line length of 256 characters. I use Wordpad for all my mail. I find Word too big and clumsy. You should find Wordpad under Accessories just like Notepad. Aedan. -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Susan Curry Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:36 PM To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] note pad hi folks, microsoft word on my computer has got very slow again so i was wondering if some one could tell me if i have notepad on my computer? would the key strokes for notepad be simmular to word? susan best wishes susan -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1762 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message