Now this is a good Window's tip for those of us in Genealogy who have those names that require special characters. It is also just good to know one more Window trick. Will I ever learn everything about Windows? I hope someone out there finds this as interesting as I did. By the way Lockergnome is a great short little newsletter that I get. It is packed with free down load programs and tips. This is not a plug for them, I am just sharing information with you. http://www.lockergnome.com/ enjoy! Suzanne A few Lockergnomies pointed out that 'extended' character creation functionality is already built-in to Windows, although you'll have to turn it on before you can use it. Open up the 'Keyboard' applet in your Control Panel, select the 'Language' tab, then pull up the Properties for the 'English (United States)' layout. Now, in the drop-down menu, change it from 'United States 101' to 'United States - International.' Now, instead of having to remember the code to make an accented lowercase E, you can type an apostrophe first and then the letter; Windows will transmogrify it for you. ~n will become an 'n' with a tilde over it; "u will become a 'u' with an umlaut mark over it. Special key sequences include: ALT+/ (upside-down question mark), ALT+1 (upside-down exclamation mark), and ALT+c (copyright symbol).