So how do you know they were ever 'Word' objects? The mere fact you've seen something in another book - even a book about Word - doesn't mean that whatever you saw in the book was produced in Word.

Ultimately, you need to decide whether you want to spend the time it requires to learn how to exploit Word's full potential, or leave the layout issues to someone with the required tools (which probably aren't based on Word) and skills.

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Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]