This may be an instance in which sed the stream editor could be used to help out. A script could be written to locate questions that haven't been answered and print the question out on a linux box then take input from the terminal to answer that question and write the answer on a form.tmp file along with its question. The sed application would have to be run multiple times once to answer each question but that might get better than the average answers put on that form. I am a member of sed-users over on yahoogroups.com so can write and ask the list a question or two. I'll let you know what comes back. By the way, those sed scripts could then be used on any platform that runs sed to fill out word forms on whatever platform is available and desired. You wouldn't need windows for that anymore. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list