The second U2 operation (LOG) can be merged into the AE command with AE/2 LOG LDPMed 'va$fp' to key X. All this is documented in the Help screen: HELP AE* . (Note the asterisk in that HELP command.) Later you can issue LOG to inspect or edit the log file, or to add text entries that don't fit on the CMline. And they call Word a word-processor. Hah! Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx