>>>>>>>>

REPLACE mMemo WITH FILETOSTR(cDocFile)

>>>>>>>
>>>
>>>my code
>>>
>>>REPLACE wordin WITH FILETOSTR("c:\my documents\colinnewnotes.doc")
>>>
>>>Wordin is a memo field
>>>
>>>What I get is a lot of rubbish in wordin
>>>
>>>What am I doing wrong?
>>
>>Because a wordfile is a lot of rubbish if not viewed with WORD or something similar? (Others say a wordfile is rubbish anyway)
>
>So I cant import a word doc into a memo field?

Why you need to import that document into MEMO field?
Why not just store full path to it, or copy that document into a subfolder of your data folder and store only the name of the document>