Hi R.D.M.,
Click on the column heading bar for the 'Name' column
to reverse the sort order in File=>Open in Word.
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Windows Explorer is ste to Details/Name. Switching to Details in the Word
2003 Open dialog does not change the order from ascending to descending. >>
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