Ulodesk,

Slowly, very slowly, I think this approach is working... But, like any other time, formatting a template is difficult because it keeps resetting itself while I'm trying to strip it! Is there a way I can "Reveal Codes" like in WP? (I don't think the codes available for viewing here are as all-encompassing as they were in WP51.) It would be so darn easy if I could just delete the codes I want to delete.The last time I was able to view a word doc in WP51, I saw that word just kept adding codes, no matter what it was told to do. For example, Turn X on remained when you turned X off, so that the codes would read text{Xon}{Xoff}{Xon}TEXT{Xoff} and you have no way of cleaning it up!

With WP51, all you had to do was a global search for cond "on" and replace it with nothing. Bang! Problem solved. Once I had determined the problem with the paper involved in my crisis mentioned above, it took less than 20 keystrokes to clean a 30-page paper!

I have 2 suggestions to microsoft:

1: No reason to change the program per se... Distribute the program with only 3 options installed, but changeable on the installation menu: Preferred font, paper size, and margins. EVERY OTHER PIECE OF GINGERBREAD SHOULD BE OPT-IN.
2: Rather than applaud gates for donating $Billions to a PR effort to make him look like somewhat of a human being, if not a gawd (gaud?), start refunding it to the people he has screwed.

Ulodesk, I do thank you for your suggestion; I'm trying to make it work. My tirade against ms is just the disgust I feel for having inferior products rammed down my throat because some cyber drug dealer gave free samples to hook the masses, then screwed them.

Merry Christmas!