Thanks for the ton of responses on this issue. I knew it hd to be something obvious. Besides the Speakup cut/paste commands, is there a way to do something ike that with a linux command? Just for an example. I was wanting to add some people to abook but it doesn't like importing from a csv file. I was doing the cut/paste thing using speakup and going between consoles. Very cool. But I was just wondering how a sighted person, or someone not using Speakup might do a similar thing. from Keith H. OxyMoron: 5. Terribly pleased