On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 14:03:30 -0500, DTi4565459@aol.com wrote: > But I can't figure out how to delete characters: my book says > ndd will delete N lines; but it doesn't work. It's referring to ESC [number] dd. > In insert mode, backspace key often changes case of letters. Del key > doesn't delete anything. You can delete characters using ESC x; you can delete words using ESC dw. HTH, Ray -- Obsig: developing a new sig