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Old 05-23-2014, 03:26 PM
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You don't actually need a macro for what you've described; it could also be done with a wildcard Find/Replace, where:
Find = /Ex:*/Ex
Replace = "^&"
and you specify the replacement font colour. A macro equivalent is:
Code:
Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveDocument.Range.Find
    .ClearFormatting
    .Replacement.ClearFormatting
    .Replacement.Font.ColorIndex = wdRed
    .Text = "/Ex:*/Ex"
    .Replacement.Text = "^&"
    .Format = True
    .Forward = True
    .Wrap = wdFindContinue
    .MatchWildcards = True
    .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
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