Are all those dotted? For example, it is "MRAAF approves" not "MRAAF. approves" isn't it? Steve Hudson Word Heretic, Sydney, Australia Tricky stuff with Word or words for you. Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Products: http://www.geocities.com/word_heretic/products.html Spellbooks: 728 pages of dump left and dropping... -----Original Message----- From: Muzrimas, Diana Actually, looking at ADFP 103 (Australian Defence Force Publication - Abbreviations and Military Symbols) the list is probably much longer ... examples ARMY - Gen LtGen MajGen Brig Col LtCol Maj Capt Lt 2Lt WO1 WO2 SSG SGT CPL BDR LCPL.... (3-pages) RAAF - MRAAF ACM AM AVM AIRCDRE GPCAPT WGCDR SQNLDR FLTLT FLGOFF PLTOFF OFFCDT WOFF FSGT SGT CPL LAC LACW AC ACW ACR ACWR (Marshall of the RAAF, Air Chief Marshal, Air Marshal, Air Vice-Marshal, Air Commodore...) RAN - FADM ADML VADM RADM CDRE PCHA CAPT SCHA.... (14 pages) (Admiral of the Fleet, Admiral, Vice Admiral, Rear Admiral, Commodore, Principal Chaplain....) ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************