I'd like to use the "Don't add space between paragraphs of
same style" on the paragraph formatting dialog box
(Format>Paragraph), but it is disabled and I have not been
able to figure out how to enable it.

We are in the process of creating an index for a medical
publication that I've worked on.
It seems that we've gone beyond the limit of characters
that a marked index entry can accomodate.  And we have not

Is it posibble to lock the style in word once you have
created your own styles to a template without locking the
entire document?

Does anyone by any chance know of an efficient way to get
Word to find and replace text in text boxes?
Generally, the "find" command fails to find matching
character strings that are contained in text boxes. Is

Earlier in this newsgroup, I asked how to have the image
of a preprinted form in the background, then fill in the
fields, and print; the end result being a form that looked
like it was all done at once.  I was told a background was

Help! Whenever I format something, like line spacing or
font color, the action is applied to my entire document
instead of just the highlighted area. Pressing the re-do
button will restore the document so that the formatting is

Is there a way to erase undo history from a document?  For
example, they say there is a potential of 300 "undo's" in
a document.  If I send my document out to someone, I don't
want them to be able to see my edits.   Thanks

I have MSWord 2002 Professional.  Trying to use the styles
is driving me crazy.  New styles seem to be created every
time I type a document so that now the list of styles is
yards long!  

I have a pull down list that has 15 items in it.  I want
to be able to enter field, and also use the pull down.
For example if the word isnt on the list, I want to type
it in.  Anyone know how I can do this?

I have a question about track changes.  If I've accepted
all my changes, and there is not an undo history
available, is there any way for someone else to see a
history of my changes?  What precautions should I take to

Will someone please find out why WORD on my computer will
not format stuff the way it should?  
Example:  I am working on the Food Safety Manual for our
company website.  It is 75 pages long.  I have to make a

hullo...
i hope this is the correct place to post my plea for
help.  i have about 60 individual documents (1 page each)
that i would like to combine into one large document.  

I am working on a maintenance manual and need to
incooporate a simple checklist of steps with a reference
to specific long hand steps already developed in the
manual.  However the manual needs to be easily updated and

When I go from small text to large text, how do I get the
text to be in a contiguous layout instead of like this:
jdkalfd;aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaa

I have documents I need to convert all straight quotes to
curly quotes.  There is a Knowledge base article on this
that makes no sense to me.  It says to do a REPLACE using
Find what => a quotation mark and Replace with => a