That did the trick - thanks Suzanne; I thought I had tried everything, but
not that.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Double-click the title bar.

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"Turtle-Tom" wrote in message
...
When I Select "Open" from the File menu, the open File dialogue window
fills
my whole screen. I cannot resize the window - there is no Maximize /
Reduce
Down button, nor a minimize buton on the window title bar - only the
Close
button and a question mark Button. (Same problem in Excel.) The window
used
to be smaller and I could resize the window.