G'day "Margaret Aldis" ,

It doesnt keep all formatting (eg small caps) but it does go way
closer.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic

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Without prejudice


"Margaret Aldis"
reckoned:

Hi John

Save As HTML (unfiltered) keeps all the Word formatting.

I haven't used Save As RTF for many years - it used to lose Word 97 +
numbering but there may have been updates to either the format or the
reimport since then.

The "Maggie" is copying and pasting to a new document, leaving the last
paragraph mark behind, hopefully along with the corruptions.