Hi all, I finally fixed the problem-in word regarding the paragraph marker and space markers. It had something to do with the formatting-font ara. I went into format, fonts, and tabed to loutline and checked the box and saved it as the default. Wheww! I want to thank you who answered my sos call-even though it failed. I went in and kept trying till i found the blasted problem. smile and I am back in business again. hugs! Linda C. Knight with her fabulous Charcoal