Are you using Office 97 with Service Release 2? If not, you need to
download that service pack for Office 97. My copy of Office 97 Pro with SR2
runs perfectly in Windows XP.
"jonesy_jsmooth" wrote in message
> Hi.
>
> When I create a document with Word 97 under XP, save it, close it and try
to
> open it again I get a message saying that "the document is being used by
the
> person who created it and would I like to make a copy?" but the document
is
> not being used and is not open!
>
> Any sugegstions?
>
> jonesy_jsmooth >> Stay informed about: Word 97 with XP