Hi Charles

The Frame style should definitely work. I've never seen them before although many years ago I was somewhat used to working with frames in web design. This is a spin off from that I'd assume. Can give it a go using empty borderless frames and keeping the right standard width no matter the length.

What had put me off tables was I tried to copy a load of text the other day and tried dropping it into a table. Told me I couldn't. No idea why but it put me off tables. Apart from that aspect borderless frames would also be ideal and with page breaks etc could easily adapt to whatever alterations I end up making as document progresses. I'm not terribly good at planning too far ahead and often need to compensate for something as I go. But you live and learn. Many thanks for the reply which I've no doubt will suit my needs perfectly.