<Copy> 'm not saying this can't be done in Word cuz I really don't know, but there are some Access/Excel people in here who also might want to take a crack at this My recommendation to you, Robert, is to learn Access. There are Access instructors in this group also...not me..but James La Borde, for one...and I'm sure there are others. <End> Ok, I should have gotten into in deeper length, but I was trying to keep the email small. How does sound then? I find someone, perhaps Mr. LaBorde, to teach/help me to do this in Access, and I follow Dian's suggestion on obtaining the book for VBAs so customized reports can be obtained? I have had -some- VBA trianing, but nowhere nearly enough for me to say I am trained in that area. Most of my VBA consists of going through others' VBA code until I see an example that does what I want and I manually type that in. Any database (FoxPro, Q&A, SQL, etc.) would work, but my knowledge of them is pre-Windows. I would like to make this project work in Windows. Linda, I have written on paper how I think this would best work. It is relational. If I did it in a non-relational way, the amount of data would be horrendous. How may I get in touch with Mr. La Borde? The reason I mentioned a certified check is I don't have a credit card. How would I then pay PayPal for you? Thank you. Robert ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************