Oh Rob - files! Now that's another whole life, as in they have a life of their own. Actually I think hanky pank goes on inside files and they breed more files! For paper files I use the LLLI #s and titles for a start, but I have a bunch more categories than they do. I know some people file alpha by author, but I have better luck using topic, but even that is getting unwieldy. Anyone have any good ideas? Computer files is another story too. I used to know how to create files, but I've gotten lost in windows 95. I can't seem to grasp it as well as I did Word Perfect. Might be an effect of age - mine and/or computer's! Sincerely, Pat in SNJ