On the footnote: it is not the range-wide font style that is the problem. It is the fact that I want the bold chars unbolded and put the text withing double squared brackets, like so: individual bold text > [[^&]].
I can do it one by one using FIND IN but not in bulk method running the main overhaul macro.

On the code you've given me, give me a sec on that one as I am trying to somehow salvage not having to strip all the way do to raw txt after all (problem is my HTML had become very unclean using Word and Pages alternately over the last 6-7 years; different colour codes as well).
I'll get back to you.