>Word keeps formatting separated from text.

I assumed as much.
Too bad. If they put them inline I could handle insertion of formatting codes as they appear.
But, that would be too simple I guess.



> You can download Microsoft Word 97 Binary File Format from http://www.wotsit.org/search.asp?s=text if you want detailed info.

Probably no value to me unless I would wish to create the entire document file from scratch. That does not sound appetizing.

Thanks for the info.