Below is okay if you don't want to repeat messages when you reply to them. That is the option I use. However, if you want to repeat most messages, to snip/cut those you don't want, just use your mouse to highlight (press down on the left button of mouse and glide it overwhat you want to cut), and when the area is highlighted use the the delete button. Bingo! gone are the words you don't want. Practice it and you will become a computer pro. BTW, I too am self taught, but been doing it for years now. Someone had to show me how to snip/cut, also When that opens look for the box - Include Message in Reply - remove the > check mark from that box. Then close the previously opened selections and > shut down Outlook Express & restart Out look Express. > > -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com