How do I find & highlight words in Word docs? in Word General Questions    |   |  Help   Search For:     In:   Office   Word     Word General Questions     Word New Users     Word Application Errors     Word Drawing and Graphics     Word Mailmerge and Fax     Word Page Layout     Word Programming     Word Tables              Stacee 3/9/2006 9:08 PM PST   Question   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     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Graham Mayor 3/9/2006 11:52 PM PST   Answer   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     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Stacee 3/10/2006 10:44 AM PST   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 > > >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Suzanne S. Barnhill 3/10/2006 1:45 PM PST   <g> -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Stacee" <Stacee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3AC9B8B8-1408-486A-AF02-80D8F779193F@microsoft.com... > 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 > > > > > >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top         Return to Microsoft Communities   Notify me of replies