Thanks Paul that works.

What I meant to include Word control codes in the notepad document just like a tab character which is picked up Word.

Tab characters, though, are just as much characters as any letter you may type. That's a completely different issue from character formatting, which Notepad doesn't support. The example I gave is what you need to embed the kind of formatting control you referred to.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

But I don't care how it looks in Notepad.

When I copy & paste to Word it has to look the desired way.

Your html solution is fine. I will go with it if there is no alternative.

I just wonder if Word format control codes can be imbedded in a notepad document which is saved as a flat file.

Thanks.