I let this problem percolate in the back of my mind for another 8 hrs and solved it myself. The "Publication" is a list of commands and is stored in the database. (Though there may be a file for it.) The existing publications in my database are included in the backups. So there is no problem. My sister gets new backups regularly and restores them to her computer. Dan -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [RMagic] Publisher, location of file Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 16:30:59 -0500 From: Dan Wych via [1]<[email protected]> Reply-To: Dan Wych [2]<[email protected]>, [3][email protected] To: Rootsmagic users [4]<[email protected]> I want to create a publication with family group sheets for all the families descending from one of my uncles to share with a cousin before a reunion this summer. I know how to do that. The cousin and I live in different states and she lives in the same county as my sister who has the same database as I do and the same version of rootsmagic. But my sister has no experience creating this publication. The cousin is somewhat computer fearful. I have 5 existing publications but cannot find the file from which these publications are created. I want to create the publication and send the publication to my sister so she can sit with my cousin and update the family group sheets and print those with blanks to give to relatives to fill out. I know how to send a PDF file with the current data but not how to send the file that created the publication so my sister can update it. Dan References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. mailto:[email protected] 4. mailto:[email protected]