Hi Bob I think you opened your image file when you thought you were opening a transcription file. the image files have names with hyphens in and .jpg on the end, like your 1928D4-A-0002.jpg. Transcription files do not have hyphens and should have .bmd on the end - yours should probably be 1928D4A0002.BMD - though a few syndicates prefer the old SpeedBMD format which have .sca on the end. I wrote this bit below for one of my new transcribers a week or two ago . Hope it helps. You can find where your transcription file is saved by looking in the WinBMD File menu for the 'Define Save Path' route. [ If working on Vista, depending how you installed WinBMD, you may have to hunt for your transcription file, but might find it at C:\Users\bob\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\WinBMD\Output] BMDVerify is a great help in checking your files. I normally check the day after doing a transcription, to see it with fresh eyes. If you have not got the hang of using BMDVerify these are the key steps, in order: 1 Open BMDVerify (after first opening your file in WinBMD in another window) 2 Select the scan image by navigating to it 3 Select the transcription file by navigating to it 4. indicate how many columns - unless it guesses 1930s must be two columns 5. use f11 and f12 key to get one column across most of screen 6. drag the coloured box around, drag it out to right length to match the image ( and use F key and Shift-F to get the font size right in it). Maybe also use L or R button if the image is slanted. 7. Calibrate by lining it up on the first and 10th entry, and the top entry of the second column, using the enter key to tell it when each is lined up. If you have the wrong entry below the top line on the right, use + and - keys to move to find the right one. 8. Check each in in turn. If you find anything wrong, correct it in WinBMD and press f3 in WinBMD, then press R when in BMDVerify for it to refresh the transcription file. Again I have a few Screen shots to show various steps in the process, which may help you visualise how to use it. The new version of BMDVerify has L and R buttons at the bottom. These will rotate the scan image a little to the left or to the right, if it is slanted, so that the lines are more nearly parallel to the lines of transcription in the coloured box. It also has two pairs of buttons marked Mdn Nm < > and Dist < > . These can be used to move the Mother's Maiden Name column, and separately the District column to the left or (usually) the right in the coloured box, so that you can get them just under the corresponding part of the scan image. If you can't sort it, get back to me off-list. If anyone wants screen shots of BMDVerify in use, ask me. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Lemon" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 2:52 PM Subject: Verify I am new to transcribing and have a problem with verifying. When I opened the verify box and I got the message.... Suspect file C:\users\bob\desktop\1928D4-A-0002.jpg Could not find any +info\s\f\m\b\u page header lines in the file All I got on the orange line when the verifyer was opened was a lot of meaningless symbols, I am using vista. Can anyone tell me what I have done wrong? Replies in plain english please and you will have to hold my hand to make any adjustments to my files, I'm not exactly computer literate being an oldie. With thanks, Bob FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/