Thanks VERY much to Russell and all who responded.

This did the trick (highlighting all text and then hitting
Ctrl-Shift-F9). I saved this to a separate copy and I am able to print
it. If I need to make any more edits, I'll do them to my master copy,
repeat the Ctrl-Shift-F9 process, resave, then print.

In case anyone is wondering, this is my very much overdue Master of
Science thesis. :)

Sean


On 7/2/07, Russell McMahon <apptech@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> > I have a large (145 page) MS word document which I created and I am
> > trying to convert to PDF. However, whenever I try to print it
> > (whether
> > it be to a PDF converting printer driver or to a real printer), it
> > suddenly replaces some of the cross-references with the objects
> > which
> > they cross-reference.
>
> Without trying it - my memory supplies Ctrl-f11 as an operation which
> locks references.
> This is not directly what you are talking about but may have some
> effect.
> No doubt this relates to a menu accessible command.
>
> Searches Word help ...
> OK - it's the "lock fields" command and Ctrl-shift-f11 unlocks them.
>
> *** DON'T DO THE FOLLOWING ON YOUR MASTER COPY ***
> To permanently unlink a reference you use Ctrl-shift-F9 .
> Or, as M$ puts it:
>
>         Note   Once a field is unlinked, the current field result is
> regular text.
>         If you later want to update the information, you must insert
> the field again.
>
> This does sound like it *may* do what you want.
>
>
>
>             Russell
>
>
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