You don't need to move the cursor. All you need do is tell Word how many words after the found one to insert the symbol. Without seeing the relevant part of your code, tbough (and there are plenty of examples on the forum for using content in one file to Find/Replace in another), I can't say which approach to that is best suited to what you're using. It could, for example, be achieved by a carefully crafted Find/Replace expression without the need to change anything else about or code or, perhaps, by some other change to your code.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]