Hi jsb,

In most cases, working with ranges where practical (and it almost always is unless you have a reason to modify something based on the fact of its selection) is far more efficient than making and working with selections. Whether working with 'ActiveDocument.Range' or a specific paragraph range (or some other range specification) is appropriate depends on what you're trying to do. Without seeing the code, I can't say more than that.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]