Hi faramir,

If this is for an ordinary document containing multi-line paragraphs, what you're asking for really isn't practicable. That's because any change in something as simple as printer - and even the configuration of the current printer driver - can change the pagination. Consequently, any 'marked' first words could end up on the previous page, or as the second word (or even the first word on the second line) of the current page. And, if even the smallest edit is made, the 'marked' first words could end up anywhere on the page - or even deleted.

The only scenario in which this is practicable is if you're working with lists whose items are never more than one line long. Then, you could mark all first words with a particular character Style and use a STYLEREF field in the header to refer to that Style.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]