Hi Brian, Do you know whether your txt files have page breaks? If they do, and if you have Kurzweil or Openbook, converting them to rtf in Kurzweil or Openbook would be great. You certainly don't have to do this, but it would assure that they wouldn't get mangled in the validation process. If the files have page breaks but you don't have Kurzweil or Openbook, I would suggest not converting them. Word will cheerfully munch all the page breaks. If the files don't have page breaks, then it would be good to convert them. If they have a running header or footer, an interested validator could add the page breaks. However, if they don't have page breaks, they won't be accepted after March, so in that case maybe you could make a list of them and people who wanted to work on individual titles and who were willing to add breaks could do so. Ok, are there any possible scenarios I've missed? <lol> Kellie