I asked this on the X-apps list but it seems that that list is not very active. Since Wordperfect discontinued development of WP for mac. Anyone have any thoughts on how to open the files in word without losing formatting. This is trivial in Word for PC. but I could not see how to do this on the mac. Raoul Armfield Support Specialist IT-Call Center armfield at amnh dot org American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, New York 10024-5192 (212) 313-7258 5152 1277 A04B 04C2 BBE4 3EE8 8369 3541 8B93 42DA