>>It seems that it happened with documents created in Word 07, while the printing to PS was on W03, with the plugin which enables it to read W07 documents. It seems the plugin is, as M$ would say, suboptimal. Solved by installing W07 on the machine where the conversion runs (it's a batch thing, so I wouldn't have to install it on all workstations).
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>Re: "not being a chains and bondage person" . . . oh, gosh, you're missing so much. <g>

I know I'm not the best marksman around. I am well aware of my limitations.