Hi Greg: To move by word in emacs is the keyboard equivolent of alt instead of control characters. So character forward is ctrl-f and forward word is alt-f or escape if you don't have the alt keys set-up. Likewise back character is ctrl-b and alt-b for back word. Ctrl-a and ctrl-e move to beginning and end of line respectively. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061