Hi, emphasize a word in plain text by pressing CTRL-e and select the word. Then open the character dialog, set all options to "reset" (if possible) and press "apply" -> the format of the selected text is not reset! Michael -- ====================================================================== Michael Schmitt phone: +49 451 500 3725 Institute for Telematics secretary: +49 451 500 3721 Medical University of Luebeck fax: +49 451 500 3722 Ratzeburger Allee 160 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] D-23538 Luebeck, Germany WWW: http://www.itm.mu-luebeck.de ======================================================================