I'm sorry that Ian doesn't think that an automatically advancing "ruler" as in BMDVerify would be beneficial in WinBMD. I'd certainly expect to find that it would reduce the number of cases where I skip a line or two, usually from one occurrence of a forename or placename to another occurrence. It's difficult to see how a non-automated ruler would be useful without it taking a lot of extra effort to use, but I realise we all work in different ways! I'm very impressed with the automatic advancing system in BMDVerify: clearly some *very* careful initial calibration routine would be necessary before it could be useful in WinBMD (eg requiring the user to count down to the 10th record, and making it clear whether we meant 10th or 11th, etc), but it would be brilliant. Meanwhile back to using BMDVerify as is: I go through each file twice, the first time concentrating just on the place/vol no/page no, which picks up the abovementioned missing records so I can add them, and then do a second run to check surnames and forenames - easier than trying to check a whole line at a time. Cheers Pam - transcribing for Scan2 and for Brian Smart's syndicate. ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pam Davies, Leeds, UK - pamdavies7@yahoo.co.uk ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html