Hi Susan, I can tell you unequivocally that K1000 does not strip italics. Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 12:02 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question About Italics Hi Bookshare Friends, Does Kurzweil strip italics? Thanks in advance. Susan