The giant goober advises posting assignments in plain text format rather than as Word attachments. It's easier for people to work with that way. Personally, I'm of the old fashioned variety and compose almost all of my work in a very basic text editor. Heck, I even write my HTML in EDIT, though lately, I've been known to compose and submit directly into this form in one fell swoop. Interestingly, if you are looking for a specific format, many possibilities are provided in the toolbar just above the text box so you can format your text however you want it to appear.