bob silverman asks, I am using PCTex with AMSTEX. I am trying to insert the Scandinavian 'a' (a with a little o over it) Documentation says this is \a{a}, but AMSTEX reports an unrecognized command sequence. this is really \aa (or {\aa} ). where is the documentation that says it's \a{a} ? if it's in the amstex documentation, it's wrong, and needs to be fixed. -- bb