Don, If you haven't already done so you might want to check out the web and your favourite bookstore for 'Document Management' searches or titles that describe various tactics and because there is enough competition, the pitfalls of different strategies...As with most things in life there is no universally perfect system but you may find a solution that matches your preferences and needs... HTH, Richard -- donhinkle at att.net wrote the following: > My belief is that I can locate a procedure that has worked for others and that > will be fine. Oh. besides, I don't plan to use this on anything financial, > just > immense collations of paper files. > -don