You are on a mined ground, Preceptor

Word files could have a lot of crap inside. Maybe the best thing you could do is to use a directory server and web based forms to put the data into it.

I worked on a framework for this kind of things. After having a working version I am rewriting it from scratch, since when I started I didn't know enough OOP and LDAP, and the design wasn't that good

I'm looking for help for the rewrite ;-) If you are interested we could join forces!

Ciao!
--bronto

# Another Perl edition of a song:
# The End, by The Beatles
END {
  $you->take($love) eq $you->made($love) ;
}