No, no punctuation other than the caret. In word these symbols mean these things: ^m is a hard page break ^b is a section break ^n is a column break ^- is an optional hyphen ^+ is an em dash ^t is a tab ^l is a line break of some kind ^p is a hard paragraph return ^g is a graphic Those are the ones I use the most. -- Jamie in Michigan Currently Reading: False Prophet by Faye Kellerman www.michrxtech.com/books.html