That's clever.. and I think I will probably utilize that method in the future, but I've been thinking about my problem and because my data comes from so many different sources, I don't think I will be able to get away from the cut/paste method to get the data IN there.

I just need to write a macro to format the text automatically once the data is in the tables. This would assume, for example, the data on the first line in column 1 should be TimesNewRoman, 9pt, bold (Name). The 2nd line would be TimesNewRoman, 9pt, italic (the person's title). Or can I define styles and use the style's name in the macro?

I'm used to VBA in Excel.. but Word is totally different.