LAST EDITED ON 04-25-03 AT 11:03 AM (EDT)
 
>Actually, I first read NXE about two years ago, and wanted to try
>editing the whole thing for Windows Word then, but hadn't be able to
>make the time. I recently finished editing all 900 pages or so in font
>12 size, and was just wondering whether or not the original writer(s)
>would like me to send them to him/her/them.

Please see this document. It's not specifically about Word format, but you should be able to infer something from it.

>I've got one question: the word "coaming" shows up twice in the entire
>extract, and the closest thing I can relate it to is "foaming", but it
>makes no sense.

coaming (ko' ming) n. Nautical A raised rim or border around an opening, as in a ship's deck, designed to keep out water. [Origin unknown.] (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition, 1992)

By extension, the rim around any door or hatch, or around the edge of an aircraft cockpit (where the canopy fits down). The part where you shouldn't put your fingers if you want to keep them when the hatch closes. :)

--G.
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