Thanx for the replies guys.
I'm not sure what's goin' on.
I managed to uninstall the old Office 97 program. (Although a whack of 97 files remain in the varoius folders).
And with 97 gone and 2003 uninstalled and reinstalled again, I'm still gettin' this "...dialog box is open..." message. JEEZ!!! NO THERE
ISN'T!
I can still get in to Word documents. It just slows things down some.
Also, I get PO'ed when things don't work as they are supposed to.
Thanx for the web link. I'm not sure that I need that anymore, (since I got 97 uninstalled). And for $75 US, I could afford to get a "Nerds On Wheels" guy, or something, in instead.
Anyway, thanx again and cheers,