Dear Carl Thanks On 19/12/2018 17:37, Carl Distefano wrote: Paul: The routine WCAF that you wrote for me many years ago seems to miss the first file, at least in format I write them. I use the search term Chapter.* to carry out a word count on chapter.1, chapter.2 etc but it always starts and 2. (It used to work.) Any ideas? Yes, I see the problem. I'll chase it down and let you know when I post a fix.