Find instance of a word in a specific style and change its color

macropod · #1 02-10-2014, 02:28 PM

FWIW, if you're using Character Styles for the colouring (preferred IMHO), you should apply the Style to the text, not simply change its colour.

hwg · #2 02-15-2014, 06:15 PM

Thanks so much for the replies.

Is there a way I can have the macro ask the user for confirmation of each replacement?

thanks,
hwg

hwg · #3 02-15-2014, 06:22 PM

Also, I did try this using styles but couldn't get it to work. I must not have the right syntax to detect and replace on styles instead of fonts.

I tried something like this:

Code:

Dim oRng As Word.Range
Set oRng = ActiveDocument.Range
  With oRng.Find
    .Text = " in "
    .ClearFormatting
    .Style.Name = "<my style name here>"
    .Font.Size = 8
    .Replacement.ClearFormatting
    .Replacement.Style.Name = "<my replacement style name here>"
    .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
  End With

It gave me the error "Object Required" on the line .Style.Name = "... "

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