Sub ScratchMacro()
'A basic Word macro coded by Greg Maxey
Dim oRng As Range
  Set oRng = ActiveDocument.Range
  oRng.HighlightColorIndex = wdAuto
  oRng.Text = "Mary has an ax, a mule and an apple." & vbCr & "Tom conducted a low-grade in-depth on-site inspection."
  With oRng.Find
    'Finds words of three characters or more that starts and ends with a vowel.
    .Text = "<[AEIOUaeiou][A-Za-z]@[AEIOUaeiou]>"
    .MatchWildcards = True
    .Wrap = wdFindStop
    Do While .Execute
      oRng.HighlightColorIndex = wdBlue
      oRng.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
    Loop
  End With
  Set oRng = ActiveDocument.Range
  With oRng.Find
    'Find words starting with a vowel
    .Text = "<[AEIOUaeiou]*>"
    .MatchWildcards = True
    While .Execute
      oRng.Select
      If oRng.HighlightColorIndex = wdAuto Then
        Select Case True
          Case oRng.Words.Last.Next.Text = "-"
            'Deal with compound words.
            oRng.MoveEnd wdWord, 2
            Do While oRng.Characters.Last = " "
              oRng.End = oRng.End - 1
            Loop
            If oRng.Characters.Last Like "[AEIOUaeiou]" Then
              oRng.HighlightColorIndex = wdBlue
            Else
              oRng.HighlightColorIndex = wdYellow
            End If
          Case oRng.Text Like "[AaI]"
            'Deal with the single character words A, I and a.
            oRng.HighlightColorIndex = wdBlue
          Case Len(oRng) = 2 And oRng.Characters(2) Like "[AEIOUaeiou]"
            'Unlikely but deals with "Oo" "ee" etc.
            oRng.HighlightColorIndex = wdBlue
          Case Else: oRng.HighlightColorIndex = wdYellow
        End Select
      End If
      oRng.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
    Wend
  End With
  Set oRng = ActiveDocument.Range
  With oRng.Find
    .Text = "[A-z]@[AEIOUaeiou]>"
    .MatchWildcards = True
    .Wrap = wdFindStop
    While .Execute
      If oRng.HighlightColorIndex = wdAuto Then
        Select Case True
         'Deal with compound words.
          Case oRng.Words.First.Previous.Text = "-": oRng.MoveStart wdWord, -2
       End Select
       oRng.HighlightColorIndex = wdBrightGreen
       oRng.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
     End If
    Wend
  End With
lbl_Exit:
  Exit Sub
End Sub