[KathieK]

That would explain the increase in the character counts when we transferred it last night... we have some blank lines that must have been counted.

I actually applauded the switch to the new system when it first was announced, because I recognized that the focus would now be on content. We did a very basic Word document, but it did contain some simple formatting and two colors of ink (one for headers of sections), all of which was lost in transferring. The result is a document that might be difficult for the judges to read.

We will have copies of the document available at the interview, printed as intended to be viewed. We hope that the judges will be told about this "bump in the road" and don't hold a poorly-formatted document against us.