How to reproduce: create a document like the one below, then try to add a comment for an element in the paragraph with the bookmarks Public Class Form2 Sub New() InitializeComponent() Dim document As New RadDocument() Dim section As New Section() Dim paragraph As New Paragraph() Dim span As New Span("Content prior range[") Dim span2 As New Span("]Content after range") Dim readOnlyContent As New Span("READ ONLY") Dim rangeStart As New ReadOnlyRangeStart() Dim rangeEnd As New ReadOnlyRangeEnd() rangeEnd.PairWithStart(rangeStart) paragraph.Inlines.Add(span) paragraph.Inlines.Add(rangeStart) paragraph.Inlines.Add(readOnlyContent) paragraph.Inlines.Add(rangeEnd) paragraph.Inlines.Add(span2) section.Blocks.Add(paragraph) document.Sections.Add(section) Dim bmSection As New Section() Dim bmParagraph As New Paragraph() Dim bmSpan As New Span("Content prior bookmark[") Dim bmSpan2 As New Span("]Content after bookmark") Dim bmContent As New Span("Content in Bookmark") Dim bmRangeEnd As New BookmarkRangeEnd() Dim bmRangeStart = DirectCast(bmRangeEnd.CreatePairedStart(), BookmarkRangeStart) bmRangeStart.Name = System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString() bmParagraph.Inlines.Add(bmSpan) bmParagraph.Inlines.Add(bmRangeStart) bmParagraph.Inlines.Add(bmContent) bmParagraph.Inlines.Add(bmRangeEnd) bmParagraph.Inlines.Add(bmSpan2) bmSection.Blocks.Add(bmParagraph) document.Sections.Add(bmSection) Me.RadRichTextEditor1.Document = document End Sub End Class