I appreciate very much your makrofile for WordPerfect. Because I use the German Version, it is always very hard to translate the commands. WP in Europe had the stupid idea, to translate all commands into german. ****** Application (WP;WPWP;Default;"WPWPSD.WCD") WPDatenAbrufen(MakroVariable:Text1; SystemVariable:Textblock!) temp:="Address|MYNAMES.ADD|a"+Text1 BearbeitenAusschneiden() DDEVerknpfungAufbauen ( VerknpfungName:"a"+Text1; Quelle:temp; Aktualisieren:Manuell!; SpeichernAls:Text! ) Regards, B.S.