a million ways to do that, but no perfect method, probably
Where in the doc is "LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME" to be found?
What is the structure of the doc?
Are there other words in capital letters?
Are there no names like O'GROATS, JOHN F. ?
etc...
Greetings from Bavaria, Germany
Helmut Weber, MVP
"red.sys" & chr(64) & "t-online.de"
Word XP, Win 98 http://word.mvps.org/