Or, cut it and paste it into notepad...then it will DEFINITELY be plain text...then paste it from notepad back into Word. But, it's possible there's something going on here other than the text...if none of this fixes it, can you send me the document Paul? and I'll take a look at it and see what's going on in it. Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kathy Jacobs Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 1:00 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Problem with word paragraphs Paul, What do you get when you select that paragraph, cut it, and paste special it as text into a new document? Does it get rid of the weirdness? If it does, then you should be able to take that chunk and paste it back into the original document. Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************