Do you understand why that square was there, and what it actually IS? I ask because the answer is the same if you, say, tried to use the Range.Text of the contents of a table cell. Using the Range.Text of a table cell as a filename in a SaveAs would also return the same file permission error.

BTW: the solution is the same as your solution to the textbox.

Oh, and could you please state in posts what version of Word is applicable? It helps. You are using 2007, as you mention "ribbon".

"It's the one in Word you get on the ribbon under the Insert-tab and in the Text-section. "

No, it is the one in Word 2007. This does not exist in previous versions. I do not use 2007 (and will not). I ask this because if someone posts questions on something that is only in 2007, I can just skip trying to do anything.

Thanks.

Glad you got it worked out.