Oh, thank you. You just saved me from making close to 600 manual changes. Schwoo! Lori ----- Original Message ----- From: Jamie Yates, CPhT To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 11:37 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Optional hyphens Optional hyphens in word can be eliminated by replacing ^- with nothing at all. I hit delete in the second box and then press Alt A to replace them all. -- Jamie in Michigan Currently Reading: Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein See everything I've read this year at: www.michrxtech.com/books.html