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[nonie3234]

Oh - THAT'S IT!
You are a genius, man - thank you so much!
(Now if I could figure out my highway problem, I'll be all set!)

You can do your "stencil" cut by selecting both your land shape and the inland water then use the Pathfinder tools Pallette. In the pathfinder Shape mode tools select "Exclude overlapping shape areas" and that should do the trick.