The code changes I suggested do put the LINK field inside the building block -- have you tried it?



The key point is that the Selection must include the LINK field (or the visible chart that appears when the field is updated) at the time you create the building block. Your original code and the copy of it in your latest post don't do that -- the LINK field is outside the Selection because you collapsed the Selection and didn't expand it again after adding text.

I'll be honest, and hadn't tried what you posted till just now, and I'm still confused by how it works.

I guess you don't actually need to reference an actual variable to add to the building block? You reference a range instead?

That's correct. It's analogous to the way you create a building block manually, where you select some part of the document and press Alt+F3, then fill in the boxes in the dialog. Whatever is in the selected part becomes the value of the building block.

In VBA, the Range parameter is the equivalent of the selection in the document (except that when you use a range you don't visibly select anything).