Poppi, Think about MS Word files. MS owns the format of the Word files but does not actually own the content. That content, whether it be a letter, novel, poem or whatever remains the property of the author. The format itself, no longer a process but a final design, is what is copyrighted. This gets us into what CyberStretch said. The format itself can be copyright, the method od creating that format can not. The format is a final product but the method in which it is written is not, that is the process. This is still an area in it's legal infancy and what may seem to apply in one case may not seem to apply in another. It will only be when things go to court that these types of copyrights will actually be determined. Hopefully this will never happen as people should use a little bit of professional courtesy when dealing with things of this nature.