That's just the thing, Greg -- thanks ever so much. Just a couple of questions: (1) This italicises the whole phrase and the colon at the moment -- how could I ensure that the colon isn't italicised? (2) Is there a way in VB to get the cursor to focus on the footnote after the colon, i.e. at the point of insertion? I don't actually need the latter at the moment, but trying to learn what to do if I did need it!