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Guys, thanks for the good feedback. Forgive the late response — I’ve been swamped all day and am still buried in work. I’ll examine what you’ve said as soon as I can.

…I’ve just added this — I’m leaving the office now and will be back here Sunday. I hope to have time to respond more in detail.

Russ

Thanks, Jefferson. Great tip.

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Yo, Andrew!! I was just talking to the attorney who had the problem document and told him about your solution. He was able to do a Find/Replace and get them out. Thanks so much. We’ve been struggling with this for a long time.

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The document I attached was several selected portions of a larger document, so it didn’t show you an obvious pattern of where the boxes tended to appear. They mostly seem to occur at the beginning of something — a paragraph, a page, but not always, since sometimes they come right in the middle of a paragraph. However, on several that occurred in the middle of a paragraph, they appeared at the beginning of a new page where the paragraph had broken (i.e., the box was the first character on the new page).

We’re using Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SP-3) on Windows 2000 Professional, Version 5.0.2195, Service Pack 3, Build 2195.

Thanks to all for your replies.

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Thanks, Hans. I knew I could count on you!

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Thank you, Jan. Most of what you say is very familiar! I, too, am the person in my firm who gets called whenever someone has a Word problem. But I like that responsibility — it’s the best way to learn.

I hadn’t heard of Cross-Eyes. I’ll take a look. One of the biggest complaints I hear from WordPerfect users is the lack of Reveal Codes in Word.

I appreciate your input.

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Thank you, Michael. I’ll let our system people know.

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Thanks, Lee. I like Full Authority — glad to hear it works with Word. (Well, Bill, you’re an honest man. But now you know what a TOA is!)

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Thanks, DenGar. I’ll pass your info along. Forgive this quick reply, but I was swamped all day with work and have just now had a chance to check here for responses.

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Thanks, Jefferson. I’ll pass your info along. Forgive this quick reply, but I was swamped all day with work and have just now had a chance to check here for responses.

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Thanks, Michael. I’ll pass your info along. Forgive this quick reply, but I was swamped all day with work and have just now had a chance to check here for responses.

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Thanks, Kyle. I’ll pass your info along. Forgive this quick reply, but I was swamped all day with work and have just now had a chance to check here for responses. (This thread is going to look odd with the same response to every person who replied, but I like to be sure each person gets an email notification.)

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Thanks, Darryl. I’ll pass your info along. Forgive this quick reply, but I was swamped all day with work and have just now had a chance to check here for responses.

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Okay. I’ve left all the replies on my friend’s chair so she can try them tomorrow. I won’t see her again until next week, so I’ll report back then. Thanks for everything.

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