Should be pretty easy, Put the file in Word then click Edit replace do a REPLACE enter the *L* then click Special I picked a manual return but pick what ever you want tell it to do it and it will just do it! Hope this is what you want! Gene Suppose I have the following line: 0 IND *L*1 NAME McCandles, James*L*2 BIRT*L*2 DATE 1899-Jan-20*L*2 DEAT*L*2 DATE 1970-JUL-29 Now let's muddle it up. Suppose I have 200 of those lines. (I often do!) Is there a way to seach for the "*L*" without quotes, and replace that with a single carriage return so the above appears like this: 0 IND 1 NAME McCandles, James 2 BIRT 2 DATE 1899-Jan-20 2 DEAT 2 DATE 1970-JUL-29 -- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 7.0.279 / Virus Database: 265.3.0 - Release Date: 11/13/2004 ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************