Nita, > I tried that and it does work. Nita > Sometimes the article is too long and I slip. I had to practice a bit. > a simple way tohighlight (select) something, especially if PD is reducing your mouse skills is to: * click on the point just before the first word you want to copy. * hold down [shift] key and click on the point just after the last word you want to copy. *the text between the two points will be highlighted. Note - if the item to be copied is longer than the screen, use the scroll bar to scroll down to the end of the item. Any other method of scrolling down will result in a failure to select the text Dennis