I hadn't mentioned that I was also using inserted linked objects within the document. I have realized that those were actually running in the back ground and within my includeText fields were hyperlinks to the source.

I was trying to implement in my template the option for users to select one or the other method. Objects can't span more than one page, which necessitated the need for the includetext method.

I know now that my problem is how Word handles those 'linked' objects in the background. All in all, I've let it get a bit messy :-(