OK here we go. The updates did not improve things.

Here is a shortened but relevant snippet of what I am working with.

;FILENAME:
;SCPRT :
;RUNDATE :
;POSTNAME:
;POSTREV :

G17
G40
G70
G80
G90
G500 T20 F32
FCT=0.005
G00 G79 Z(@ZPARKP1)
G00 G79 A0. C0.
;--- BEGIN TOOL LIST ---
;T 1 - Q008
;T 3 - 0.2500 DIA - 2 FLUTE - ENDMILL
;--- ENDOF TOOL LIST ---
;PATH:1 - 5AX TRIM
;VIEW:9 - ORIENT - ANGLES: 0,90
;TOOL:1 - DIAM:.5 CRAD:0 REF GL:0
;DESC: Q008
;MATL: HSS
M06 T1.1
(UAO,1)
(UIO,Z(-1*L370))
(TCP,5)
S18000 M03
G00 X12.7226 Y-7.0348 Z4. A0. C0.
A-56.441 C-76.373
Z-5.6689
G01 Z-6.6689 F50.
X2.5074 Y-.0286 Z-.8416 A-22.097 C-17.003
X2.2894 Y.0125 Z-.7499 A-21.388 C-15.526
X2.0727 Y.0485 Z-.6656 A-20.705 C-13.983
X2.045 Y.0528 Z-.6553 A-20.62 C-13.78
X1.8306 Y.0835 Z-.5797 A-19.97 C-12.165
X1.6188 Y.1099 Z-.5121 A-19.349 C-10.488
X1.4098 Y.1324 Z-.4526 A-18.759 C-8.747
X1.31 Y.142 Z-.4268 A-18.485 C-7.884
X1.1016 Y.1595 Z-.3784 A-17.93 C-6.017
X.8934 Y.1737 Z-.3376 A-17.399 C-4.056
X.6863 Y.1847 Z-.3043 A-16.894 C-2.004
X.481 Y.1924 Z-.2786 A-16.418 C0.
X.2782 Y.1969 Z-.2604 A-15.973 C2.354
X.2667 Y.197 Z-.2596 A-15.948 C2.484
X.0642 Y.1982 Z-.2492 A-15.53 C4.819
X-.1375 Y.1959 Z-.2462 A-15.14 C7.259
X-.2483 Y.1932 Z-.2475 A-14.938 C8.648
X-.2674 Y.1926 Z-.2482 A-14.953 C8.99
X-.4679 Y.1841 Z-.259 A-15.145 C12.53
X-.6704 Y.1719 Z-.2771 A-15.395 C16.017
X-.7994 Y.1623 Z-.2923 A-15.582 C18.188
X-1.0048 Y.1442 Z-.3225 A-15.924 C21.547
X-1.0627 Y.1385 Z-.3323 A-16.03 C22.473
X-1.2737 Y.1152 Z-.3725 A-16.452 C25.755
X-1.3232 Y.1092 Z-.383 A-16.559 C26.505
X-1.5384 Y.0808 Z-.4329 A-17.055 C29.67
X-1.7583 Y.0477 Z-.491 A-17.615 C32.744
X-1.8332 Y.0354 Z-.5123 A-17.817 C33.753
X-2.0586 Y-.0044 Z-.5813 A-18.461 C36.678
X-2.1625 Y-.0243 Z-.6153 A-18.775 C37.97
X-2.3941 Y-.0724 Z-.696 A-19.511 C40.722

1. We want (for now) to swap the positions of the X & Y values only
Example: X1.8306 Y.0835 Z-.5797 A-19.97 C-12.165
Becomes Y.0835 X1.8306 Z-.5797 A-19.97 C-12.165


2. The values are cleaned up so that every value has at least a leading zero. There is a value “5AX TRIM” that I’m changing temporarily to “BAD TRIM”
3. I’m finding my X & Y values by searching for “X*Y”
4. As long as the first X value on a line does not start with “X-“, I can do a CTRL- <Right Arrow> in the space just left of the “Y” three times and get to the beginning of the line. If the line starts out with “X-“, it takes 5 for some reason. So I want to set a variable to how many CTRL-RIGHTs I need.
5. Using VBA, I am unable to detect a “X-“ above the current cursor position. This is my problem.

p.s. I’m getting back into VBA after a long hiatus,m so I am still weak on things like ranges and how to just select to the beginning of a line so I am doing it this way.
 

Here's my VBA code:

Sub FindSwitchXandY()
'
' FindSwitchXandY
'
'

Call PrepDocument

Call SwitchXAndY

End Sub


Sub PrepDocument()
'
' Temporarily rename "5AX"
'
'
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "5AX TRIM"
.Replacement.Text = "BAD TRIM"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll

Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "-."
.Replacement.Text = "-0."
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
With Selection.Find
.Text = "X."
.Replacement.Text = "X0."
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
With Selection.Find
.Text = "Y."
.Replacement.Text = "Y0."
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll


End Sub

Sub SwitchXAndY()

Dim NumWords As Integer


On Error Resume Next

' Go to the string "X*Y"
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "X*Y"
.Forward = True
.MatchWildcards = True


.Execute
End With

Do While Selection.Find.Found = True

'Go to the next space
With Selection.Find
.Text = " "
.Forward = True
.MatchWildcards = True
.Execute
End With
'Selection.Find.Execute


Selection.ClearFormatting

With Selection.Find
.Text = "X-"
.Forward = False
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute

If Selection.Find.Found = True Then NumWords = 5 Else NumWords = 3
Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdWord, Count:=NumWords, Extend:=wdExtend

'Cut it
Selection.Cut

'Go to the next space
With Selection.Find
.Text = " "
.Forward = True
.MatchWildcards = True
.Execute
End With
'Selection.Find.Execute


'Paste the previously cut string
Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdFormatOriginalFormatting)
Selection.TypeText Text:=" "

' Go to the string "X*Y"
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "X*Y"
.Forward = True
.MatchWildcards = True
.Execute

End With

Loop

End Sub



Bottom line, "Find" doesn't work as expected in my context.