I'm copying from a pdf file. When I paste it in an email it looks like what I want: ├──┬─word:──────────┬──┤ When I paste it into PythonWin I get: „¥„Ÿ„Ÿ„¦„Ÿword:„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ„¦„Ÿ„Ÿ„§ How can I get the nice graphic in PythonWin? -- Bob Gailer 919-636-4239 Chapel Hill, NC