how to test if rewrite rule is working

I have created the following htaccess file using rewrite rules for the purpose of having search engine friendly files created from my dynamic files. RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^index-(.*),(.*)\.html$ index.php?section=$1&page=$2 RewriteRule ^nav-(.*),(.*)\.html$ nav.php?section=$1&page=$2 How do I test to see if this is working from a search engine robot standpoint? I don't see anything in my log files and I don't see that the URI in the address bar has changed. Am I doing something wrong? TIA, Nicole -- ######################## Nicole Lallande nicole@nmlconsulting.com 760.753.6766 ########################