>>Craig,
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>>I also want to do this. I want to insert a date/time stamp with a users
>>initials in red like this:
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>> -- 10/09/01 09:00 KM --
>>
>>
>>I'd be grateful for any help you can provide.
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Kevin
>
>
>I'm not doing replaces or inserts of text, but you can manipulate the RTF.Text property to do what you want. I'm doing text searches on that property and it works fine.

Thank you all for the help...the seltext property is just the ticket...I love how Microsoft documents their controls!!!!!!!!!!NOT! It's there...but you have to dig for it.