Heh, thanks but I don't think that will work. I'm going to have to do a back and forth with my files and we use features like track comments/changes, etc to work on manuscripts. It would end up being too much of an hassle. In addition I use EndNote for my bibliography (and so does he) which would also cause problems. Lastly, he pays for Word and Endnote licenses so I can't quite argue on the monetary front