Thank you very much. That resolved my problem. I don't know how the 94% ended up happening in the first place, but with duplication, it spread like fungus!

Though I have searched the forums, I am unsure what to call this potential problem...so it may be out there. I create a character with the text tool. I convert it to a path. I create a rectangle with the rectangle tool. I create a "slice" across the character with the rectangle using Path-...