[maggie]

I edit large technical documents that have many authors. The authors
often use a cut and paste method when writing. I'm using Word 2003.
The authors do not use a consistant version of MS Word. For example,
some use 2000 and even 1998.

All of the documents I edit use styles I've created and protected in
the document. My problem is that, because of the various versions of
Word, authors using earlier versons than 2003 can not work in the
protected 2003 document. If I don't protect the document, it imports
styles from other Word documents which creates problems with the
format of the document.

Can you help me with this problem? Other than every author using Word
2003.