However, you can scan text from a book and save it as text -- in Word Format !!!! I do this very often at work and it saves me tons of time. Saving it as a Word document saves it as if it were typed from scratch. If you need some help -- I'd be more than willing to help. Mechele In a message dated 4/8/00 3:07:17 PM Central Daylight Time, NiteOwl226@aol.com writes: << Typing the text, then putting in only scanned photos is really the best way to go. Text will also load on the site much faster than scanned data. We often have to wait for the graphics to load even with a super fast modem. >>