Yeah, I see. Unfortunately, you've also got a situation with a period followed by a quote which should, by all rights if the paragraphing is printed correctly, be on a new paragraph. No way to do those except manually I'm afraid. Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: Dornetta To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 4:32 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Splitting dialogue Evan; I made a mistake but I will copy & paste a excerpt from the book so that you can see where I am coming from. Pasted text: "Sup, shorty?" Devil said to the kid. "Chillin, my nigga," the kid said, trying to sidestep Devil. "You know somebody over here or something?" Devil asked, blocking his path again. Hopefully this would clear things up. Netta "Until lions tell their tale, the story of the hunt will always glorify the hunter."-African Proverb