In addition to the suggestions from Jezebel and Graham, if you are trying to
do this manually, make sure you have "When selecting, automatically select
entire word" disabled on the Edit tab of Tools | Options.

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"serras_baby3773" wrote in
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I am having a hard time switchind every other letter a different color
between two colors without all the extra work!! Please help me