>1) A single replace that spanned the document, all headers and footers. That was the subject of my original question.
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>2) Do the replace without actually selecting the header and footer. The thread you pointed to me looked like it was supposed to do just that, but I didn't manage to make it work.
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>3) So finally I saved the macros to actually select the header, replace, go to the next header (because the first page was different), repeat the replace, etc. I don't find this the most elegant solution, but it is one that actually works.
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>Thanks for your help.
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>Hilmar.

Can you post your whole solution? I'm sorry, I didn't have a chance to try myself.