Marty, If you're working with a 32bit Windows (AFAIR you wrote something about XP), EditPad can do the job. Btw, Notepad in all versions I know does only handle 7bit characters. Bye, Gaby -- Mrs. Gaby Chaudry Wirtstr. 10, 81539 Muenchen, Germany URL: http://www.gaby.de -- To unsubscribe, send a message to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe calmira_tips" in the body. OR visit //freelists.org