If I am within Word, I can highlight multiple documents in the "open" dialog
box and they will all open up. (Word XP and Windows XP)

If I go through the "My Computer" icon and highlight multiple documents,
only the first one will open. Should I be able to open multiple Word
documents this way? (I am able to open multiple Adobe Acrobat documents this
way.) Anyone else have this problem? Any settings or anything I can try
changing?

The only thing I could think of was the "group similar items" in the Control
Panel/Startup Task Bar settings. I tried changing that setting, but didn't
make any difference.

I also do not seem to be able to open multiple Word documents that are email
attachments all at once. Unsure if this is a related issue.