Hi doe2,

The problem remains, in that every time you do this, Word would have to search the entire document for potential matches. Word doesn't have some kind of in-built log to tell it that a particular string is already in use. Consider also what happens if you have Jamie Tyler, Jamie Rich Tyler and Jamie von Tyler. Even if the first two are the same person, Word wouldn't recognize it. As for the third, you don't even have two consecutive capitals

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Paul Edstein
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