Glad I could help. FWIW, if you're working on a complex document with
images, turning on "Picture placeholders" (in Normal view) will make Word
even more efficient.

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Suzanne,
You are a godsend! Here I am, working away late into the evening
on a Saturday, with a vexing problem, and I get your perfect advice
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In the last exciting episode on Sat, 7 May 2005 22:02:14 -0500,
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

|Switch to Normal view and disable background repagination on the General
tab
|of Tools | Options. It will be reenabled whenever you switch back to
Print
|Layout view, however.