Hi Laura Ann, If you have Kurzweil, you can validate txt files without worrying about losing page breaks. In fact, Kurzweil is excellent for determining whether there are breaks or not. If there is a header at the top or a footer at the bottom, you can be sure that the page breaks are there. If the headers are in random places with no page breaks near them, then the page breaks are not where they should be. At that point, you can choose whether you want to and are able to insert the breaks or whether you want to reject the book. Personally I'll insert them only if the scan is very good overall and there is a running header for me to follow. Hth, Kellie