Presumably you have some code attached to the buttons that works with a selection. Obviously enough, if nothing is selected, such buttons won't do anything. Neither your code nor any of Greg's or mine selects anything.

Since you haven't posted a document containing said buttons & code, or a substantive explanation of what they're supposed to do in this context, we can't really help.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]