Hi :) Apparently the best bet is to keep the original copy of the document in Odt format and use "Save As ..." to save in the older MS formats. Are you sure the file is saved as Doc rather than DocX? In the "Save As ..." menu it's the "Microsoft Word (97/2000/Xp)" option. Perhaps the dropped caps are a different font? One that the MS Office user doesn't have? If you could find the fonts file and forward it to the MS Office user they might be able to read the document properly? If the document only needs to be viewed by the other person and not edited at all the Pdf would be the best format as it displays the document exactly the way it appears on your machine. Again many apols that no-one was able to give any answer sooner. Hopefully someone might have a better idea and help you soon. Apols and regards from Tom :) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Dropped-Caps-Sharing-a-doc-file-created-in-LO-3-4-3-and-MS-Word-2007-tp3485160p3497203.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+help@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted