I'm with Dan G! "XyWrite III+, which I still believe is the best word processor I've ever used." Column definitions, .INT files, and its delicious search abilities are important to me. ...I remember how hard it was to update my habits from function keys on the left to ones above the numbers, when keyboards changed... I want to set up a Linux machine, and will probably put a Win7-32 virtual machine on it to run a custom Foxpro 2.6 for DOS application I need. XyWrite could certainly run there, but I'd really benefit from a Linux version... Ubuntu would be fine. (I also use Slackware, AntiX, Devil (now EOL I think), and various other distros...) K.G.H. Nicholes Martinsdale MT 59053