Dan raises an important point, Robert. Stuff like this always happens; and, unless it recurs regularly, I just look at this as an unfortunate anomaly which reminds me that I should back up what I am working on more often. If you areworried that you have a virus, I'd do a scan as a precaution. Just a wild guess; something temporarily messed up your screen reader or the software you were writing your post inand generated random characters. I don't worry about stuff like this unless it repeats. If you don't want to be concerned about stuff like this, then stay offline. Otherwise, it's a small price for what we get for the benefits of an online info world. Expecting perfection, while we think this is possible, just isn't there. VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. Archived on the World Wide Web at http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html Signoff: [log in to unmask] Subscribe: [log in to unmask]