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Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon
Converted documents are always more difficult to edit than those produced directly in Word. It is often best to copy and then paste as plain text. Then do the editing in Word using styles to apply formatting.
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What Charles said.
Actually, using paste as plain text is a pretty good approach even when going from Word doc to Word doc. I'm currently updating a large multi-chapter user manual, updating as well as applying a new layout. The older files are a stylistic nightmare.
I start with a chapter template, and then paste as plain text section by section; that way I don't have to worry about style artifacts from the older documents getting into the updated files.