Many thanks Sean

Helmut Weber and Shauna Kelly gave similar replies in the
microsoft.public.word.programming group

http://word.mvps.org/mac/Differences.html

and

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/develop...1f09d1033&ep=7

So, I have some reading to do but it all sounds a bit depressing after over
20 years, from the early days of Multiplan! I suppose that is called
'progress'.

With best wishes

Francis