As you know, libloluisutdml with formatFor utd willl translate a text file into xml with <brl> elements. It also handles html files that are not xhtml with a mode bit or a configuration setting. It would be nice if we could import rtf files. There is a Python program called rtf2xml but it is not very good, and it is not under development. Maybe we can find a Java packae tht does the same. John -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities