Hi Charles,

Thanks, for your answer, but that does not really solve my problem.

I do in fact only use \* Charformat (use my own macros), but whenever I change e.g. the font size or use bold or italic formatting, a \* Mergeformat is added (even into a field with \* Charformat switch):

{ REF Name \* CHARFORMAT \* MERGEFORMAT }

Unfortunately \* M seems so 'overrule \* C which means, first character \* C formatting doesn't work anymore. You can format the first character of the field, but the formatting will not take effect unless you delete the added \* M switch.

When changing the character formatting, according to the undo list, two commands are carried out: a) formatting and b) field update (including adding the \* M switch).

Any other ideas ?

NP