Hi Steve, Try a text DOS-text editor or import the file in WinWord as "MS-DOS-Text", 'cause you need the OEM charset, not the ANSI (which is used by Windows) Wolfram -- +------------------------------------------------+ ! Wolfram Liebchen, Forschungsinstitut fŸr Optik ! ! mailto:liebchen@ipserv.ffo.fgan.de ! +------------------------------------------------+