Thank you for that info Murray. I found the tutorial after a helpful comment from John Culleton earlier on and am working my way through it. As you say it is the new mindset thing. After may years with MS (from 95 onwards) it is quite a bit of a jump. And that is quite apart from the other jump into the world of DTP.
It has seemed to me, and you obviously agree that it is best to write the text in OOo first then import it. It doesn't appear that a cut and paste will do - though I may be, and probably am, wrong. Than you for taking the time to reply. As you say there are lots of people willing to give up their time to help others. Even that is a revelation after the secular word of MS. I just wish I could use this list properly. Alan
