You're supposed to set the Replacement font property to bold - not to include the literal text! I assumed you knew as much given you had ((bold)) as a replacement criterion in your first post...

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

I did not; I do now!

I am not a reg ex novice, but I am no expert, either. I spent a half hour searching for meaning to the expression "/1 ((bold))" in efforts to sort out why it was not working.

It is interesting that -- in an area where attention to the literal is paramount -- this was not something to be taken literally.

Thanks for your follow-up. I much appreciate it.