Is there a way to go through all the text in a Word doc, Control F, kind of
thing, and once all of the words or phrases have been found, to highlight
them.
Thanks

Do you really mean 'highlight' or do you mean 'select'?
For the former use the replace function to replace the found text '^&' with
'format highlight'.
For the latter check the highlight box on the find function. (This may not
have been available with older Word versions).
You can associate both functions with wildcard search patterns
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

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My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Stacee wrote:
Is there a way to go through all the text in a Word doc, Control F,
kind of thing, and once all of the words or phrases have been found,
to highlight them.
Thanks

Thanks...I think I have Word 1976...no wonder I can't do it. =)

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Do you really mean 'highlight' or do you mean 'select'?
For the former use the replace function to replace the found text '^&' with
'format highlight'.
For the latter check the highlight box on the find function. (This may not
have been available with older Word versions).
You can associate both functions with wildcard search patterns
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Stacee wrote:
Is there a way to go through all the text in a Word doc, Control F,
kind of thing, and once all of the words or phrases have been found,
to highlight them.
Thanks

g

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"Stacee" wrote in message
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Thanks...I think I have Word 1976...no wonder I can't do it. =)

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Do you really mean 'highlight' or do you mean 'select'?
For the former use the replace function to replace the found text '^&'
with
'format highlight'.
For the latter check the highlight box on the find function. (This may
not
have been available with older Word versions).
You can associate both functions with wildcard search patterns
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Stacee wrote:
Is there a way to go through all the text in a Word doc, Control F,
kind of thing, and once all of the words or phrases have been found,
to highlight them.
Thanks