I am using WordPerfect 12 to validate and I can use 4 different modes to use to work with rtf files and somehow Wordperfect manages to convert rtf files to "read only" all by itself no matter what I do. I had to convert and rename American Bloomsbury 5 times before I could upload it as it kept being changed by [by itself] to "read only" and/or wordpad [.wpd]. Really, I would have known if I had changed it. Can someone tell me how to prevent wordperfect and wordpad from screwing up my files. Amy frustrated in Miami but I still got my book uploaded