My guess is that you didn't put anything in the "Find what" box to search
for. Try recording the macro again, following these steps:
1. Start recording.
2. Click on Edit | Find | Find tab | More.
3. Click in the "Find what:" box. Click on Special | Any Character.
4. In the Find dialog box, click on Format | Font | Font tab | Italic.
5. Click on Find Next.
6. Stop recording.

"LizW" wrote:

Hi there!

I tried to record a macro that finds italics by using the Tools Macro
Record, bringing up the Find box, looking for the format of italics and then
clicking find next. Then I close the macros record box.

However nothing happens when I try and run it.\

Thanks in advance