Thanks Steve, but it is just a recorded macro, generated by Word, which is proving to be 100% reliable, executes in less than a second and works an absolute treat. So, says he, in his best \"Elephant Man\" voice: \"I\'m not a Programmer, I\'m a human being!\" If it ain\'t broken, don\'t fix it! Regards, Michael Granat Write Ideas Quoting Steve Hudson <cruddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > You should do a > > With Selection > .style=... > > end with > > on the whole thing - speeds it up considerably, aids readability and > reduces > code size. > > > Steve Hudson > > Word Heretic, Sydney, Australia > Tricky stuff with Word or words for you. > Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Products: http://www.geocities.com/word_heretic/products.html > Spellbooks: 728 pages of dump left and dropping... ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************