Paula, There should be no space before an ellipsis, no space between the dots, and there should be a space after it. As for different rules depending where they occur, I guess I never got that far in grammar class. <grin> 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.