In Office 97 Word, is there a way to apply a background  
such as "DRAFT" across the main text, similar to what a
printer can do ?

How do you end a column in the middle of a page without
the following text starting at the top of the next page?
Can't seem to turn the column off.

How do I get Connectors in Word 2000 ?

Hi, there,
After I input some equations in WORD by using Microsoft Equation, I
can change the size of diffrent parts (full, subscript/superscript,
etc) of the equations using Size->Define. However, it seems that it

I am trying to set up a template.  I set up my numbered
headings according to the outline in Shauna Kelly's
guide.  Unfortunately, they are not working.
My goal is to have the following headings:

We're using Word 2000 on Windows 2000 to convert a set of
"information-mapped" documents into one file. The original documents
span ~600 pages.
We are about 1/10 of the way into the conversion. The file is already

How do you set a heading to only appear on the first page?

I format body text to have a space before and after of 6pt. The actual
distance in between paragraphs is only 6 - it does NOT pick up the
'before' when in succession, only when after a heading. This holds true
for my headings too, they do not have the total space above which I

We are creating a word document using VB. Are there tricks
that we should be doing to keep MS Word from "bloating",
or using internal resources and not releasing them such
that Word dies on hugh documents?

I am having a miserable time formatting my
dissertation...and I've spent a few hours trying to fix
this various ways before caving and asking for help...
Basically, I took all my footnotes and converted them to

I have an Problem with the Display of the "?"-Symbol.
I have installed the office97-SR2, the Euroupdate, but the
Arial-Truetype-Fonts dosn´t display the "?"-Symbol.
OS-WIN98SE, Word97

I have a rather large document (over 900 pages) formatted
using outlines, with heading styles 1,2 and 3. The
document also has numbered paragraphs with the body text
indented. When I add a new page sometimes I have to

If I edit my 400 page document (in the master), I create new sections now
and then, or merge others. However, every time a new section is created, its
header and footer are automatically coupled to the previous one. This enoys
me because if I delete a section-end without decoupling ...

I was sent a document, which I though could be used to
create another similar document.
I opened it up in Word XP and saved as a new document.
I made changes, cutting out lots of stuff and putting in

I am writing this on behalf of a friend who is using
office 97.  Everytime she comes to edit her essay, the
text is in blue and underlined and nothing will shift it,
however, when the document is copied into a new page it's