Thanks Yuri, that is just what I needed.
Winn

>Not quite sure why you need to highlight. If you just want to underline, then this should work whithout selection, highlights, etc:
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>oWord.activedocument.RANGE(5,10).Font.Underline=1
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>>Hi All,
>>I am having a difficult time getting my code to select (highlite) a word just so I can underline it. I am using the following code:
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oWord.Selection.MoveLeft(wdCharacter, lnCount)

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>>where lnCount is the number of characters to be underlined. Does anyone have any ideas?
>>Thanks,