If you need to see formating characters in Word, click on Tools, options and go to the View tab. There you have have a host of non-printing characters shown to you. It doesn't show every character, but does reveal most. There is a good chance that the charcaters won't read with a screen reader though. I don't believe that Word deserves its place in society. I personally think that it will eventually falter as it gets more and more bloated. There are some people who notice that a file from word 2000 is 25% larger then the same file in word 97. One day people will notice that there are virtually no viruses written for non windows platforms. Until then, I will continue to upkeep my macroslop skill set. ======= Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net Nowlan's Theory: He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from the next freeway exit.