And if all you want to do is select all the instances, you can do this in
the Find dialog ("Highlight all items found in...").

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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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vr wrote:
I need to higlight the repeated occurances of a specific word in a
piece of text I am working on. Can anyone help?

First use the Highlight tool button to select the color you want (it
defaults to yellow).

Open the Replace dialog. Type the specific word into the Find What box.

Put the cursor in the Replace With box. Click the More button, then click
the Special button and select "Find What Text". That puts the code ^& into
the box. Then click the Format button and select Highlight, which puts the
word Highlight below the box. Click the Replace All button and then close
the dialog.

Be aware that "highlighting" like this is not the same as the "highlight"
you get when you select a word. If you're editing, you still need to go to
each highlighted word to change it (or use a different Replace operation).

To get rid of the highlighting when you're done with it, just select
everything, click the Highlight tool button, and select None.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org