Oh well indeed!
I ought to study a lot tonight but maybe I can write a thousand words or so.
Wow, that one kilt it good.
After much formatting (I'm almost done - whew!), I have it down to 270 pages. It'll still be close to three hundred when done, but it's better than it was.
Ungh. I've been staring at it so long the font in any any program looks funny.