In reply to Robert Holmgren, I am attaching to this message a program that I load onto a key for changing files between various formats. It contains mainly global search-and-replace commands. Without the ES1 (error suppress on) delta at the top, it stops working as soon as one of the commands reaches the bottom of the file. Cheers, -- Nathan Sivin History and Sociology of Science University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA 19104-3325 (after 19 Jan 19104-6304) (215) 898-7454 nsivin@xxxxxxxx