Yes. the document is saved as a .doc first. This is the original document.
The document is then closed. It is later opened and then saved as a .txt
document to a different path and when it arrives there, a script is run
taking out any extraneous text and using the remainder as input for a web
page.

I would prefer if I could do it exactly as it has been done up to now as I
will have to recreate the output as the script expects otherwise.

I have checked the options to see if there was any setting to avoid this
problem but I couldn't find any.

Phil

It is a pop up form stating that some of the formatting, pictures etc will be
lost if I save as a .txt file and I must click on a "Continue" button to
complete the action. there is a help button too that when clicked gives no
help unfortunately. There is also a cancel button. It is a different design
than the comperable message in Word 2000, 2002 but it is essentially the
same. It is a quite common occurrance when you manually "SaveAs" but until
now I could do a saveas in code and this box would not appear.

Phil