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Rich: There are MSDOS OCR systems that might be able to do this (I see from another message that you are aware that there are expensive specialized systems for optical scanning — transfer agents use them for proxy cards and testing companies use them for test grading in bulk all the time). I don't remember the name of the setup we have at work, but it is supposed to be used with an HP ScanJet. Total cost is in the $3,000 range, I think, including software and hardware. I am not absolutely sure that this will read "marked boxes", but it might. It is supposed to be able to read a form, and turn the information on the form into a database file (i.e. give it a list of addresses, and it's supposed to be able to be programmed to recognize which area is the "first name" field, which is the "last name" field, etc.). So you want me to check it out? ?|^] Ray Lewis