Hi Dian, Thank you for the help and all of you others that have been giving your thoughts on this problem. Dian, I used your suggestion but it is not getting rid of the black background which is behind some of the text that is also black. Now this text is most likely some of what I imported in. Linda, I tried giving the background of the file a white colour but again no joy, it seems such a small problem yet is giving such trouble in getting rid off. Sincere thanks, Paul. -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dian Chapman Sent: 08 December 2003 23:02 To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Problem with word paragraphs Sorry, Paul...didn't realize it was you asking and got mixed up with the full quote in a previous post. Hit Ctrl + A to select all and hit Ctrl + Shift + N to make all the text Normal...then you can format as needed. -------------------------------------------- Dian D. Chapman US Microdyne 2275 Half Day Road Suite 350 Bannockburn, IL 60015 E-Mail: DChapman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Toll-Free: 800-828-3859 Phone: 847-244-4800 Fax: 847-244-4801 ------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul J. Traynor Sent: December 08, 2003 05:11 To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Problem with word paragraphs Hi All, Please can someone suggest a fix for my paragraphs problem. I have a word document of about 40 pages. I have brought in some quotes from external sources to enhance it for a project I am doing. Since having brought in the outside text, down through parts of the document some paragraphs have both black text on a black background and the fonts are different than what I am using in the main document which is times new roman size 12. I think it was the introduction of outside text pieces that seems to have altered the document but can anyone suggest what I can do to fix this and perhaps avoid it in the future. Sincerely and many thanks, Paul. ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************