I use emodicons, because they are short and sighted people I wrote to used them. I sometimes wonder if screen reader users are missing them. I fixed that problem for myself by adding them to my screen reader's pronunciation dictionary. I would encourage other screen reader users to do the same, so they don't miss out. :-) Sometimes a wink or a smily makes all the difference in meaning. Sarah Van Oosterwijck http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 - Release Date: 4/5/2005