You're wrong about that - nothing in the code requires a preceding punctuation mark. Moreover, my code has nothing to do with typography conventions re footnote reference placement. It does not affect the footnote reference placement, so don't go blaming my code for what you consider a violation of a typography convention when the issue concerns the data you're processing. FWIW, the US convention (as is often the case) differs from the rest of the world. IIRC, I have posted code in other threads/forums for altering the footnote reference placement - but only insofar as whether the footnote reference occurs before or after a punctuation mark.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]