The formatting issue is hardly expert-level stuff; it's something very basic. Mixing content controls and formfields isn't wise and you need to know that. Ignore the advice at your own peril.

As for the link, it works as described. It does not delete any bookmarks. Kindly read the comments in the code. The approach is different to what you've done so far, but that's largely because what you want to do requires a different approach.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]