Hi gmayor - many thanks! This is working very well and selecting the address successfully.

Much appreciated.
BTW As a side issue : Do you know a way of scrolling to the top of a page in Word without losing focus on any text selected on the page? For example , if an address were selected in the middle of the page , and the top of the page was not showing - how to re-align the page so the top is showing , but keep the address selected? I can do this via various key-presses but all lose the selection. Using the mouse wheel works of course , but I wonder if some VBA could do it programmatically.