This is just a shot in the dark, but I believe when you do a REPORT ... TO FILE it saves it in whatever format the default FoxPro printer is set to - David's is set to a PostScript printer, so it saves as PostScript and is therefore readable by Word - yours saves as PCL (Laserjet default?) so it saves in PCL.<br><br>I suppose you *could* set up a bogus PostScript printer... otherwise you could take his other suggestions - copy the database to an Excel or ASCII file (not the report format) using the COPY TO..., or save it as ASCII report using the REPORT FORM... TO FILE ASCII method. Good luck - SKELLY