PH>As it turns out, parallel columns IS what I was looking for, but I
  >wasn't familiar with the inner working of them and how WP 5.1D and
  >WPWin 6.1 differ in its use. I am editing lesson plans that were
  >originally written in 5.1. 5.1 adds a few codes that are unnecessary in
  >6.1, so I just had to skim through the document with Find/Replace and
  >delete the extra codes. All is hunky-dory now, and my formatting stays
  >as I want it when I need to add extra text. Thanks to ALL of you for
  >your suggestions!
Glad we could help.  --bob
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