And if a rectangle will do as well as a circle, then just select the word
and use Format | Borders and Shading | Box (applied to Text).

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"Greg" wrote in message
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And if you want this circle to follow the word as you edit the document
then use the Advanced button to anchor the oval to a character in the
text and set the absolute vertical and horizontal postion in relation
to the character and line.