anyone else have this problem? When opening sgml or xml files from outside xmetal, xmetal is doing some weird things with my entity statements. It strips the N from NDATA, as well as copying the first entity statement and placing it within itself, minus a close bracket. i can edit the doctype and fix the problem that way, but it sure is annoying. softquad has been of no help; they can't even open the files i sent them. there goes my one free help desk ticket. john John P. Rees Associate Curator, Modern Manuscripts History of Medicine Division National Library of Medicine 8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD. 20894 (301) 496-8953 Office (301) 402-7034 Fax [log in to unmask]