On 13/05/2011, at 3:56, Sue <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The text looks like what I want, but then when I try my Substitute script--the substitute doesn't work ... Because it's not the font *style* you need to affect, but rather the case of the characters. Think of it this way: if you applied Bold to certain words then exported a Merge file, you wouldn't end up with any Bold text, because the style information isn't exported. Any styles applied to the text, including Bold, Underline, Title Case, etc, do not affect the character content of the field. On the other hand, the text-manipulation functions Lower(), Upper() and Proper() DO change the case of characters so you could replace field contents using Proper() before applying your Substitute command to abbreviate. Tim Mansour <[log in to unmask]> Neologica Print & Promotions ABN 63 904 335 408 Certified FileMaker 10 Developer PO Box K1163 : Haymarket NSW 1240 Mobile 0405 500 846