I don't think AutoCorrect will really do what you're thinking about, but see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm

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"jezzica85" wrote in message
...
Thanks John, but I can't seem to find this. Is it only in certain
versions
of Word? I have XP.

"John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote:

Hi Jezzica:

Yes, you can do this with AutoCorrect.

Study the topic "Create an AutoCorrect entry to store and automatically
insert text and graphics" in the Help.

You need to enter the words you want to search for in your AutoCorrect
list,
and replace them with the same word highlighted. Make sure you choose
the
"Formatted" options or the highlighting won't come in.

Forget macros for this task. You would need to be a seriously good
programmer to make a macro to do this. Ask Jezebel if s/he will send
you
one, because I have never seen a macro that could do this with
acceptable
performance :-)

Hope this helps

On 1/4/06 2:08 PM, in article
, "jezzica85"
wrote:

That would be perfect! I have no idea how to write or use macros,
though,
could you possibly direct me to one and give me pointers on how to use
it?
Thanks!

"Jezebel" wrote:

You can't do *anything* automatically while you type, other than
autocorrect
which isn't going to help you here.

You could write a macro that reads words from a file or table,
searches for
them in another document, and formats them in a special way. Would
that
help?




"jezzica85" wrote in message
...
Hi all, does anyone know, if you have a file of words you want to
keep
track
of, if there's a way to automatically highlight those words in
another
file,
or to put those words in a table in the other file, then
automatically
highlight them as they're typed or they already appear in the
document?
Thanks!




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