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Subject:Re: Preplexing MS Word Style Problem From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:"Karen Murri" <kmurri -at- comcast -dot- net>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:34:37 -0800
I think I would have put the last period in that post after
"you've got a clean document." It is, after all, still MS
Word.
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "Karen Murri" <kmurri -at- comcast -dot- net>
> I start from a clean template and paste the text unformatted and then
> reformat it with my styles. Even though it sounds like it'd take
> longer,
> because of the kind of stuff you're encountering, it usually ends up
> taking
> less time. As a bonus, you've got a clean document that you can trust
> not to
> freak on you.
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