Alright, I'm so dang close. With just the issue of write. Here's what I've got so far: in_file = open('c:\original.txt', 'r') out_file = open('c:\output.t

Alright, I'm so dang close. With just the issue of write. Here's what I've got so far: in_file = open('c:\original.txt', 'r') out_file = open('c:\output.txt', 'w') for line in in_file.readlines(): out_file.write('<tr> bgcolor="006699">') out_file.write(' <td>' + line[0:12] + '<td>') in_file.close() out_file.close() There will be more text written per execution of the loop, but I can handle that coding. :) What I can't grasp is why write doesn't start a newline and what I can do to remedy that. Currently this is just making a huge line of text instead of individual lines. Thanks a ton!