Hi all, Saqib, try reading your info files. Also try taking the emacs tutorial which is c-h t. Also, you might sign up with O'Reilly books and get their fantastic book on emacs in etext form. Contact Lennie Muelner. All that stuff can be found there. Just a heads up; the commands to cut text are as follows: 1. start marking your text with c-space 2. End the marked portion of your text with c-u. 3. If you want to delete the marked text, use c-w. If you want to copy the text to the kill ring and use it somewhere else, while leaving the original text intact, use m-w. Hope this is helpful. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT