[btaylor1]

zombieberry, thank you for the grammar opinion, but special thanks for the procedural thoughts and suggestions

the first one failed entirely for me. after the period, i typed one space, then waited (several mississippis), then another space (then waited another several mississippis), and then i began the first letter of the first word in my next sentence. immediately what had been two spaces auto"corrected" to one space between the period and the first letter of the first word of my second sentence. sigh

i'll try to find time later to try your second suggestion (i'm not very technically proficient) and see if it works and i like it.

thank you again for your time and thoughts