Microsoft Office Forums - View Single Post - [Solved] Find and highlight multiple words in MS Word document

macropod · 05-18-2011, 06:15 PM

Hi AtaLoss,

Try something based on:

Code:

Sub HiLightList()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim StrFnd As String, Rng As Range, i As Long
StrFnd = "dog,cat,pig,horse,man"
For i = 0 To UBound(Split(StrFnd, ","))
  Set Rng = ActiveDocument.Range
  With Rng.Find
    .ClearFormatting
    .Text = Split(StrFnd, ",")(i)
    .Replacement.ClearFormatting
    .Replacement.Highlight = True
    .Replacement.Text = "^&"
    .Forward = True
    .Wrap = wdFindContinue
    .Format = True
    .MatchCase = False
    .MatchWholeWord = True
    .MatchWildcards = False
    .MatchSoundsLike = False
    .MatchAllWordForms = True
    .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
  End With
Next
Set Rng = Nothing
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Note: Because I've set 'MatchAllWordForms = True', a Find for 'cat' or 'man' will also find & highlight 'cats' & 'men'. Apart from that, the matched words must be whole words. That means you don't need multiple expressions to capture the various forms of a given word.