[mrmikel]

Your travails are why I prefer to start with a source that is as simple as possible. It is possible to set up something like Word to not make such complicated code, but I don't think that the normal template does that. All it is set up to do is make nice printed copy, and it doesn't matter how it does that so long as it prints nice.

I wish I could help you on Word, but know little about it. Toxaris does have a cleaning macro floating around here. Maybe that would be a good addition to your arsenal.