Carol The problem may be that the scan is two pages woth a +PAGE in between. The older version of BMD Verify does not cope. My work around is to call it a one column scan and reposition the text box to the top of the second column when required. Alternatively go for a newer version of BMD Verify (But this may also cause problems on some systems) Hope this helps Dominic -------------- I am transcribing a beautifully handwritten scan with two columns. I use BMD Verify for checking and when I get to the end of the first column and go to the second, I get the message that I've reached the end of the records. On the second screen when loading my scan, I indicate that it is 2 columns and a whole page scan. I've never had a problem with Verify before and hope someone can tell me how to correct this. Carol Haycock Scan 2 (609)