I'm tempted to say .. "be thankful " I'm doing 1853 Death scans, and some have more than 20 lines unreadable. I've requested re-scans for the worst of the lot. If you know the line IS holding data, would * 's in fields work ? Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brenda" <breder@bigpond.net.au> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 6:07 AM Subject: UNREADABLE LINE > Can someone please tell me what to do when I have a bottom line completely > unreadable. > > Brenda >