i am writing a website in html using Kompozer for Ubuntu ver Fiesty Fawn (7.04) that might not be applicable; but non the less i am trying to make a section on my index.html that when it loads, as apposed to having the text written into the HTML i want either a form or table to access a txt file i know it can be done i am just unsure on how to do so... any help would be much appreciated because i have been more frustrated than i would like to admit if you have msn you can either email me or chat with me at lmnt.ox@gmail.com

Server Side Includes (SSI), PHP inludes...
http://htmlhelp.com/faq/html/design.html#include-file

If you just want a section of your site to change, use an include, which can be very useful, such as using a single template page and sending a variable name that designates an include file name - here's a page that describes includes in php:
http://php.about.com/od/advancedphp/ss/include_files.htm
- but if you need to order your data, you may want to use a database.
You can use a "Flat File" database for a php site, which is a database in a text file.
One example here, you can Google for more examples:
http://www.designdetector.com/archives/04/...atabaseDemo.php

Hope it helps!
markei