JP> http://www.navcen.uscg.mil/loran/lgeninfo/h-book/h-book.htm
I picked up the document.  This wasn't any trouble at all, once I knew the 
URL.  My company just connected an ISDN line to my home and getting things 
from the internet is a bit quicker now.
JP>         To make sure, this is all about converting the text
JP> from WP5 to Word7         and getting locked in table hashed
JP> lines and characters. They look         a small bug,
JP> circular and have 4 small curved legs, a bit smaller than   
JP> an " o " (letter).
As I suspected the documents are converted to word tables and that is the 
source of your "bugs".  I think they convert to tables because the original 
document was formatted in Wordperfect parallel columns. There is no direct 
analogy to this in Word.
To get rid of the bugs --
1. Place your cursor anywhere in the text.
2. From the menus
        Table
        Select Table
        Table
        Convert Table to Text
        OK
Voila!
Bob
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