Just tried the advice. So much quicker. Thanks Gargoyle for the tip and to Joe for reminding me about the right click "open in a new window" tip. Also to the combination of explinations from the others showing that it is actually less stess on the system to check out threads in this way.I suggest this thread is refreshed rgularly over tne next few days to keep it near the top of the forum and allow the advice to be well disceminated.