I would like to take an existing text file (approx 4 megs in size) and manipulate it with VB or VBA (from inside Access in that case) and then ideally place it inside a table format, at the very least ...

Except the * is actually that rectangular character Windows seems to use when it isn't sure what the character is meant to be. Thanks a lot, ~Bob. Well Bob, I can't reproduce the problem you're having ...