Everything worked? Word 6.0 was pretty capable (and was it the last version with a comprehensive printed manual?) but that's when the Master Document feature was introduced... --- Stuart ----- Original Message ----- From: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: Sent:Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:00:13 +1000 Subject:atw: Re: Avoiding Char styles Just when I was about to suggest that the only way to avoid character styles is to roll back to Word 6.0, which is the ONLY version of Word in which EVERYTHING worked. Neil.