Caroline, what you're getting are the formatting commands. Why don't you try this: Bring up your help topic. Do a select all, and then a copy to the clipboard. Now, close DBT, go back into it, and open a new file, and do a paste. You should now have a copy of the help text without the formatting codes. Do a translate, and then emboss it. When you close out this document, you'll be asked if you want to save it. Hope this helps. Steve Britt >>> carolinecongdon@xxxxxxxxx 08/08/2005 8:52:51 AM >>> Hi everyone. I wonder if anyone else has run into this problem. I'm embossing some of the help topics in DBT 10.5 to use for a class I'm doing on the program. I've noticed a couple of things. First, the help topics aren't really formatted. The title is centered, but other than that it's pretty much just straight reading. Is there any chance of fixing that up in a later version? Also, something that just happened to me today. I embossed the topic "Fine Tuning Templates". The first half of the first page is really strange. It says, in part: SPAN.HCP1 left-brace FONT-WEIGHT: bold right-brace P.hcp2 left-brace TEXT-align: center right-brace ... What is this, and does anyone know how it got embossed? It sounds like codes that should have actually been used in the formatting. Thanks for any comments or suggestions. Caroline * * * * This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org. * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with * unsubscribe * as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive * is also located there. * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com * * *