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 Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com Cook anything outdoors with http://www.outdoorcook.com Kathy is a trainer, writer, Girl Scout, and whatever else there is time for I believe life is meant to be lived. But: if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul J. Traynor Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 9:34 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Problem with word paragraphs 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. ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************