Thanks Paul, always something to learn from the master. It still does the same thing with the new code. I'm thinking that this is a bug in the Mac 2016 version. When you run the code from within the visual editor it works like it always does-the cursor flashes at the point of typing in the footnote area. Not so when you use a keyboard shortcut, the cursor appears nowhere, you have to click on the doc somewhere. I'll have to get in touch with MS.
P.S. When I run either code in Windows 7 or 8 with Word 2010 or 2013 it works like it should. Weird-