Good Afternoon, Thank you for all the responses on transcribing hyphens at the end and beginning of a line. It looks like my just doing it line for line is the best solution to the problem. I appreciate the interesting history lesson, Karen. I have noticed the colons and equals signs in old documents. Have a great day Cynthia Turk in snowy Lake County, Ohio ____________________________________________________________ Fast, Secure, NetZero 4G Mobile Broadband. Try it. http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=NZINTISP0512T4GOUT2