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You're asking for problems with a distributed Word doc. If it's just a
list of codes, distribute it as a text file (call it something like
'codes.txt') or, if formatting is an issue, as a pdf doc. You can't
assume that everyone will have the same Word version you do, the same
fonts, the same normal.dot template, etc.
If it's a text file, users can still copy and paste, but it doesn't
sound as if you really need formatting and styles. In fact, I'd think
it might even get in the way.
Just two cents worth,
Jane Bergen
----- Original Message -----
From: Betsy Devine <bdevine -at- HOTMAIL -dot- COM>
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>
>I work for a small software company whose major product was recently
>switched out of DOS to Windows. They've asked me to help support
users
>by creating a Word document we can send out to them on a floppy, so
that
>users can point-and-click to choose one of (say) thirty codes. To
make
>matters more complex, although you only need thirty choices in
Paragraph
>10 (for example), you'd like to be able to choose from a different
set
>of thirty in Paragraph 14.
