AE>I *thought* that I was the only one this happened to.
  >It seems that columns aren't very stable and have never
  >found what caused the problem.  When working on
  >documents that have a lot of columns, I save often!
Perhaps you have already seen Auke Reitsma's response.
He suggests that my Indent codes (F4) may not be preceded
by Hrt, Tab, or another Indent. On checking, I found that
in converting the articles from down-loaded ASCII, I went
willy-nilly about inserting Indents to shape up the text
and some were in a wrapped line--not following one of
those codes.
I have not conclusively proven that to be the cause, but,
if his rule is correct (Indent must follow one of those
codes only), then that would seem to be the problem.
You, I, and several others have learned something new.
Thank you, Auke.
                                         --bob
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