Brenda,

It sounds like ADEL() will help you here. With ADEL() you can delete rows or columns from an array. You could modify your code as follows;

SELECT (calias)
SCAN FOR ALLTRIM(USER_ID) = ALLTRIM(User) and alltrim(lettername) = alltrim(letters.lettername)
   SCATTER TO A_Temp

   ADEL(A_temp,1) && Delete first row
   ADEL(A_Temp,1) && Delete second row
   DIMENSION A_temp(ALEN(A_temp,1)-2)  && Remove deleted rows

   INSERT INTO RT_LETTR FROM ARRAY A_Temp
ENDSCAN

You need to be aware that ADEL() will fill a row with .F. values and move it to the end of the array. That's why we delete row 1 twice and then redimension the array to get rid of the deleted rows. Read up on this function in the help file (it can do columns too).