Hi Amy, Your miserable experiences are actually not caused by the fact that the file in question is an rtf. What's happening is that you're having issues transferring files back and forth between programs, and add to that a pile of strange display issues. One thing to keep in mind is that WordPad is an extremely primitive bare-bones word processing program. It doesn't have sophisticated features or options in any area, and that probably holds true for display as well. If I were you, I would bet on Word Perfect and concentrate on learning and getting help with that program, unless of course you can get Kurzweil. Kellie To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.