I updated my online NamePrep/LACE converter to the latest version. It is in http://www.macchiato.com/unicode/convert.html Click on the "NP" checkbox to turn on NamePrep. It will fold, normalize, and check for illegal characters. I'd only recommend IE5.5 for trying it. On Windows, NN4.76 works but has a wierd layout. NN6 is broken (but that's not new). Mark