Check to see if you have "Confirm Conversion at Open" under 
Tools-Options- General tab checked.  Normally you would have this 
*Un-checked*.  If it is checked you may be getting a defaulted 
"Recover Text  at Open any file type" (or something like that) when 
you open a Word document.  This option strips non-text characters 
from files automatically at open, which may be what your are seeing.

Doug

At 9/15/2006 11:59 AM, Bob Fields wrote:

>I have a continuing problem with MS Word.  I write a lot.  When I 
>open some of my writing to edit or email it I find I've lost my page 
>formatting.  Chapters are no longer separated with page breaks, 
>chapter headings are no longer centered in the page, paragraphs are 
>no longer indented, titles and information are all flush left, my 
>headers and page numbers have disappeared and I have page after page 
>at the end of the document that looks like a history of all my edits 
>and additions.  I've tried several versions of MS Word (v.3, 
>v.6,  97, 2002), same thing, and it does this with both Windows 98se 
>and XP Home.
>
>I'm closing the document and the program and then turning off the 
>computer properly, but when I return to a document after a few days, 
>everything has been changed.  Need help, can't find problem and I am 
>an experienced user.

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