Rich wrote:

In the past week, two things on my Outlook 2003 changed and I don't
know why. When I add a new Task, there is a convienent "NEW" button
to click (not using the File menu) and that opens the new task. I
then type the new task and there WAS a convenient "Save and Close"
button (not using the file menu). Now that "Save and Close" button
is no longer there. How can it just disappear?

Perhaps you accidentally removed it from the toolbar. Right-click the
toolbar and choose Customize. Select the Toolbars tab, select the Standard
toolbar and click Reset.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]