Hi MG,

Wow, I really appreciate the suggestions. I will be trying every one of them. By "thinning out the strings to I and II, do you mean to eliminate the other strings or to simply place those parts in the Violins I and II staves?
Boy, you and I do the same thing with "Save AS". In all of my pieces, I have at least 20 or more files for each song. I name them similarly to yours. My four most favorite words are save as and copy/paste. Thank you for your insight!

Fred