Hello Eric, You can use either, but to use WordPad you need to select the "Save as Ascii Text" option every time you save the file. Notepad automatically saves as ascii text. To make the screen more readable in Notepad, select a fixed width font such as Terminal. Hope this helps. Eric ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: [OT] Is Wordpad or Notepad ASCII compatible? Author: Eric van Es at INTERNET Date: 9/10/97 10:24 PM Hi guys I've always used the dos editor to write my source code in asm (obvious). Can I use Win95's Wordpad or Notepad to generate the ASCII file that MPASM needs? Thanks... -- Eric van Es | Cape Town, South Africa mailto:vanes@ilink.nis.za | http://www.nis.za/~vanes LOOKING FOR TEMPORARY / HOLIDAY ACCOMODATION? http://www.nis.za/~vanes/accom.htm