Don I'm in the same boat. Got a black and white scaner Christamas '96, never got around to using it and now have a color scanner and every day I plan to get out the book and see what it will do. Trouble with people our age is that technology is advancing so fast, our eager and aging minds are struggling a bit. I'm not going to let it whip me, are you? O.K., after tax is finished -- I will conquer it. Why don't we set a goal to send each other a picture within the next 2 months.??? Mary CG for Mel 76/12