Hi Evan and Jamie, When I use the find and replace, I select the entire line containing the header, including white space, except the page number if that line contains page numbers, and put that into the find box of the find and replace dialogue. There is almost always white space either in or around the header that prevents regular text as part of the story in the book from being removed, because that white space won't be in the book anywhere except in the headers. And case sensitivity enabling makes a HUGE difference. You can select an entire line by placing your cursor where you want it either be fore or after the page number, depending whether the page number is on the left or right end of the line and either pressing shift plus home to select to the beginning of the line, or shift plus end to select to the end of the line. Mayrie _____ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of EVAN REESE Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 12:28 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Stripping headers Thanks, Jamie. I have suggested this before. Oftentimes, there is a tab after the header and before the page number on the right page, and a tab before the header and after the page number on the left page. I have used this technique of removing headers with their associated tabs to eliminate thousands of headers without fear of removing text that I shouldn't. It is also true, as you say, that search and replace should always be used with care. Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: Jamie Yates, <mailto:mirxtech@xxxxxxxxx> CPhT To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 1:33 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Stripping headers Lots of times there is a tab after the header. If you search for the text plus a tab you might have better luck in doing a global replace, but I recommend using a global replace very carefully. For example if it is The Catcher in the Rye that is the header look for The Catcher in the Rye^t (^t is the tab symbol in Word 2003). -- Jamie in Michigan Currently Reading: While My Pretty One Knits by Anne Canadeo Earn cash for answering trivia questions every 3 hours: http://instantcashsweepstakes.com/invitations/ref_link/49497 See everything I've read this year at: www.michrxtech.com/books.html