This is covered in the "Hints and Help For Beginners" http://www.freebmd.org.uk/beginhelp.shtml Mark -- RAY@harrowing.freeserve.co.uk wrote: > Can anyone advise on how to preserve a diphthong present in the scan when transcribing? "Phoebe" has the elided "o" and "e", and I would hate to be the one to take it away from her - unless, of course, it was the indexer himself trying to be clever! > > Thanks. > > Ray