the Irs is now providing "accessible" braille and text files, not to be submitted but for reference only. but look how they've done it? a winzip file with .txt and .brf files contained in it and a .exe extension. Apparently they can be opened on the mac using stuffit expander, revealing the directory with the files. but I'm wondering: can linux users access them? at any rate, it seems to me it wouldn't have been hard to do a truly accessible downloadable file format. the relevant url from the message I saw on another list is below my signature. -- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/article/0,,id=131773,00.html