an idea/question for you programers regarding word processing apps

[Justin Harford]

So I usually use latex for my papers, but now my history teachers are  
requiring me to submit my work online.  Sounds great right, but it has  
to be in .doc format.  No clue how to get latex to output .doc, and  
really no interest if it was not for this class.  So I took a look at  
the new nisus writer express because I need footnotes in this paper  
and such things are not available in the free word processors that we  
have.  In the default view, it will group the headers, footers, and  
footnotes into this thing called "scroll area".  What my question is,  
what does the possibility look like for creating labeld frames for  
these different fields.  So instead of saying edit text everytime you  
go over a field, it would say "frame footer, frame header, frame  
footnote, and main frame etc."  That way it would utilize the  
fuctionality that vo already includes, or at least will include as  
some of you users of safari 3 might be aware.

Regards
Justin Harford