Can't delete range - error 5904

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I want to delete a range between bookmarks which includes multiple tables. I get an error: 5904 can't edit range.



I found some references referring to a problem if there was a paragraph marker before (or was it after, or both?) between the table and bookmark. I've tried inserting some spaces on either side of the bookmark, that doesn't help, but really I don't know if it should or not. What should I be looking for as causing the error?

Also, the numbers that intellisense show for range start and end, how can I navigate to those in the Word GUI?

Thank you,

Peter