I recently downloaded the PAF 5.2 program and transferred my information from my other program by Ged Com file. There were a few problems in that in a lot of the wording in the notes section words run together and it is going to take me weeks to go through each line to separate words. I also discovered that those individuals that had birth, death or marriage Reg No's did not transfer as there does not seem provision for this on the PAF system. I wonder if there are ay listers who use this system and how do they go about recording Reg No's. Also I wonder what is the correct procedure when you want to back up on a floppy disc? I can't seem to get it to work. Someone told me to go into Tools, click on Preferences then on Folders and complete the top three lines as follows- PAF File - C:\My Documents Import /Export - A:\ Backup - A:\ When I go to file, insert floppy and click on Backup it does not work. My screen freezes up and will only unfreeze when I take the floppy out. I'd be grateful for advice on these matters. I am on Family Tree Maker V8 and like it, but I realy like the Generation Report that the PAF system has. That's why I switched, but there are drawbacks. My FTM is still current as well. I hope I haven't broken any protocol by raising these questions. Des Skelly. deskelly@optusnet.com.au