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Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Apr. 30, 2012
Morgan Stanley Focus Growth Fund (Prospectus Summary): | Morgan Stanley Focus Growth Fund
  
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Risk/Return, Heading rr_RiskReturnHeading MORGAN STANLEY FOCUS GROWTH FUND
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Morgan Stanley

 

January 14, 2013

Supplement

SUPPLEMENT DATED JANUARY 14, 2013 TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
MORGAN STANLEY FOCUS GROWTH FUND
Dated April 30, 2012

 
Shareholder Fees, Caption rr_ShareholderFeesCaption The following table replaces the "Shareholder Fees" table with respect to Class L shares only in the section of the Prospectus entitled "Fund Summary—Fees and Expenses—Shareholder Fees," effective February 25, 2013:  
Operating Expenses, Caption rr_OperatingExpensesCaption Effective February 25, 2013, the 12b-1 fee for the Class L shares of the Fund will be reduced from 1.00% to 0.75%. Accordingly, the following table replaces the "Annual Fund Operating Expenses" table with respect to Class L shares only in the section of the Prospectus entitled "Fund Summary—Fees and Expenses—Annual Fund Operating Expenses," effective February 25, 2013:  
Expense Example, Heading rr_ExpenseExampleHeading The following tables replace the "Example" tables with respect to Class L shares only in the section of the Prospectus entitled "Fund Summary—Example:"  
Expense Example, By Year, Caption rr_ExpenseExampleByYearCaption If You SOLD Your Shares:  
Expense Example, No Redemption, By Year, Caption rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionByYearCaption If You HELD Your Shares:  
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Additionally, all references elsewhere in the Prospectus to a 12b-1 fee of 1.00% for Class L shares will be replaced with 0.75%.

 
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PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

 
Morgan Stanley Focus Growth Fund | Class L
  
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Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol AMOCX
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumCumulativeSalesChargeOverOther none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage based on the lesser of the offering price or net asset value at redemption) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice none
Advisory Fee rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.44%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.75% [1]
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.46%
Expense Example, With Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 149
Expense Example, With Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 462
Expense Example, With Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 797
Expense Example, With Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,746
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 149
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 462
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 797
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 1,746
[1] The Board of Trustees approved an amendment to the Plan of Distribution reducing the distribution and shareholder services (12b-1) fee for the Fund’s Class L shares from 1.00% to 0.75% of the average daily net assets of such Class, effective February 25, 2013. The Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees shown in the table above have been restated to reflect this change.