Can I search for text highlighted in a specific color? 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              Annett 7/7/2005 10:44 PM PST   Question   I am trying to search (using Find) for text highlighted in a specific color, rather than searching for all highlighted text. The Find function does not seem to distinguish between different highlight colors. I have a document, in which I would like to select only the text highlighted in yellow. Is there another way to do this? Thanks     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Jay Freedman 7/8/2005 7:04 AM PST   Answer   Annett wrote: > I am trying to search (using Find) for text highlighted in a specific > color, rather than searching for all highlighted text. The Find > function does not seem to distinguish between different highlight > colors. I have a document, in which I would like to select only the > text highlighted in yellow. Is there another way to do this? > Thanks Hi Annett, It can be done, but only with a macro. See this post for an example: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.word.vba.general/msg/2a2a2a2b2599f992?hl=en The idea is to find text with any highlight color, and then check it to see whether it's the color you want. If not, it continues searching for the next highlight. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           adgorn 7/19/2006 9:29 AM PST   I just posted a similar request. In looking at the site you recommend, the solution seems incomplete. Can you verify and post the complete solution? -- Alan "Jay Freedman" wrote: > Annett wrote: > > I am trying to search (using Find) for text highlighted in a specific > > color, rather than searching for all highlighted text. The Find > > function does not seem to distinguish between different highlight > > colors. I have a document, in which I would like to select only the > > text highlighted in yellow. Is there another way to do this? > > Thanks > > Hi Annett, > > It can be done, but only with a macro. See this post for an example: > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.word.vba.general/msg/2a2a2a2b2599f992?hl=en > > The idea is to find text with any highlight color, and then check it to see > whether it's the color you want. If not, it continues searching for the next > highlight. > > -- > Regards, > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > > >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Jay Freedman 7/19/2006 12:12 PM PST   After you posted here, Greg Maxey answered your request in the vba.general newsgroup. If you can't find it in the Microsoft web site, it's on Google Groups at http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.word.vba.general/browse_thread/thread/78e9a36fc4c40f16/8ddab4e12adb7b6c?lnk=st&q=group%3Amicrosoft.public.word.*+author%3Aadgorn&rnum=2&hl=en#8ddab4e12adb7b6c. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. adgorn wrote: > I just posted a similar request. In looking at the site you > recommend, the solution seems incomplete. Can you verify and post > the complete solution? > >> Annett wrote: >>> I am trying to search (using Find) for text highlighted in a >>> specific color, rather than searching for all highlighted text. The >>> Find function does not seem to distinguish between different >>> highlight colors. I have a document, in which I would like to >>> select only the text highlighted in yellow. Is there another way to >>> do this? >>> Thanks >> >> Hi Annett, >> >> It can be done, but only with a macro. See this post for an example: >> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.word.vba.general/msg/2a2a2a2b2599f992?hl=en >> >> The idea is to find text with any highlight color, and then check it >> to see whether it's the color you want. If not, it continues >> searching for the next highlight. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Jay Freedman >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Al 8/4/2006 8:03 AM PST   Thank-you very much for that code - it is excellent! I too needed a macro for changing specific highlights and this was perfect. The only thing that the macro did not change were spaces, punctuation etc contained within the highlighted text Al "Jay Freedman" wrote: > Annett wrote: > > I am trying to search (using Find) for text highlighted in a specific > > color, rather than searching for all highlighted text. The Find > > function does not seem to distinguish between different highlight > > colors. I have a document, in which I would like to select only the > > text highlighted in yellow. Is there another way to do this? > > Thanks > > Hi Annett, > > It can be done, but only with a macro. See this post for an example: > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.word.vba.general/msg/2a2a2a2b2599f992?hl=en > > The idea is to find text with any highlight color, and then check it to see > whether it's the color you want. If not, it continues searching for the next > highlight. > > -- > Regards, > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > > >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top         Return to Microsoft Communities   Notify me of replies