Susan,
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Greg Maxey
A peer in "peer to peer" support
Rockledge, FL
> My large documents have gray brackets (within my black
> text) that cannot be edited or removed in pairs at
> several points. I am not able to isolate the
> circumstances that cause Word 2002 to insert the brackets
> or duplicate their creation. Does anyone know how to
> remove these brackets?!?
Susan - 10 Sep 2003 15:56 GMT
You were right! Thank-you!!!
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