Hi Carol,

Provided MISC neither starts nor ends a paragraph, you can do this via a wildcard Find/Replace, where:
Find = [!^13]@MISC[!^13]@^13
Replace = nothing
If MISC starts a paragraph, you can do this via a wildcard Find/Replace, where:
Find = MISC[!^13]@^13
Replace = nothing
Similarly, if MISC ends a paragraph, you can do this via a wildcard Find/Replace, where:
Find = [!^13]@MISC^13
Replace = nothing

No macros required. Of course, these could be encoded as a macro, even using the macro recorder.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]