This can happen, apparently, when Word temporarily loses track of the
printer driver. Try opening the Print dialog and changing printers. Change
back and then Close.

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"geoff" wrote in message
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characters in MS Word 2003 are just overtyping in one place. Doesn't
happen
in any other program, just word. Any ideas?