My best luck is with Grayscale and 400 dpi, or 300 dpi, though for some, the 400 is the only thing that works. Plus having a more advanced OCR engine helps. Fine reader is probably your best bet for scanning kids books with some accuracy. They are a pain. Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Advisory Council www.guidedogs.com The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. -- Vance Havner