The document looks clean as a whistle in Word and like a fucking multicolor nightmare in PDF, and I can't find any other edit/proofing anything to opt out of.

JZ, in Word, did you click on the green checkmark that means "Accept All Changes"? Because just turning off the "Show changes/reviewers/etc" doesn't make them go away.

That's my best guess.

t edit Sometimes I highlight the entire document and click on the Accept All Changes checkmark.

Sigh. I tried that and the upload just crapped out, so now I have to wait another 20 minutes before trying again. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, how I hate thee!

I've had similar experiences JZ and the frustration burns.

In desperation, I've cut and pasted the entire text into a new document in hopes of leaving the formatting poltergeists behind. Sometimes it works.

JZ, I looked at their site, and I'm curious -- you upload the Word doc, and then their site makes it a PDF? Weird.

LiveLink will do that too.

In desperation, I've cut and pasted the entire text into a new document in hopes of leaving the formatting poltergeists behind. Sometimes it works.

Last time I tried that, the poltergeists traveled. I haven't even tried it this time; I just assumed it was one of those clever ideas that never really works. I'll have to upgrade that to "sometimes."

P-C, the PDF is a giant composite of all the MS bits that have been uploaded: Word doc, tables, figures as JPEGs or GIFs or whatnot, etc.

Some of the federal govt funding sites do that, too.

Scary train crash!

And I don't get keyboard cat, either...yet. It may grow on me?

I have turned my day around with a manicure and Panera, even though he didn't grill my panini long enough.

Where is Panera?

Where is Panera?

Heaven.

P-C, the PDF is a giant composite of all the MS bits that have been uploaded: Word doc, tables, figures as JPEGs or GIFs or whatnot, etc.

Ooh, that's fancy.