Thanks macropod - I know I need to investigate the Word object further - I rather stupidly assumed there would be more parallels with Excel in terms of methods of achieving a goal: I should have remembered it's a Microsoft offering!

Your suggested code works a treat - thanks for that.

And thanks to all who replied (or considered replying) - it's nice to feel that I'm part of a community (or is it just that I've been in I.T. for too long?)...