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Old 09-07-2016, 09:32 AM
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The code needs to locate a word/term, then highlight (yellow) the whole sentence containing that word or if it is easier to accomplish,:highlighting the whole paragraph where that word exists would also be awesome!



Not sure if that needs to be 2 separate chunks of code or just a matter of changing a couple of things to make it go from only doing a SENTENCE vs. doing a PARAGRAPH.

Found refs of maybe using a "paragraph.range.select" and also found a note that advised these "start" and "end" terms to select a paragraph.. but not sure how to achieve this?
Selection.StartOf Unit:=wdParagraphm
Selection.MoveEnd Unit:=wdParagraph

Here's the code I'm using now to FIND a word/term and do some highlighting but it is not highlighting the whole sentence (nor) whole paragraph.. perhaps it can be improved upon to work as desired or if not - I'm happy to trash it and start with something better!


Code:
 
Sub Highlight_WordN()
'THIS FINDS A SPECIFIED TERM AS NOTED IN QUOTES BELOW AND HIGHLIGHTS IT IN YELLOW
'IT HIGHLIGHTS SEVERAL OF THE WORDS AROUND IT BUT DOES NOT QUITE PICK UP THE FULL PARAGRAPH I'M LOOKING TO HIGHLIGHT
'NEED TO EDIT IT A BIT TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE
 
Dim sFindText As String
'Start from the top of the document
 Selection.HomeKey wdStory
 
sFindText = "Contractor Shall"
Selection.Find.Execute sFindText
Do Until Selection.Find.Found = False
Selection.EndKey Unit:=wdLine, Extend:=wdExtend
        Selection.range.HighlightColorIndex = wdYellow
        Selection.MoveRight
        Selection.Find.Execute
Loop
End Sub
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Asked and answered at http://www.vbaexpress.com/forum/show...ound-That-Word

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Also cross-posted and answered at: http://www.office-forums.com/threads...llows.2349709/
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Thanks for the help and the cross-post etiquette link- I read it and have done/will continue to my best to make sure no one is left hanging. (that's one thing that's so frustrating - coming across a post that's EXACTLY what you need an answer to but no one ever posted a solution.. Either (a) the poor soul just gave up or (b) found an answer elsewhere and never came back to share it.. We'll never know which - but for anyone who comes across this one, I've got at least 2 solutions that newbies like me can review, (hopefully learn from) and use as they wish to help them too! It never ceases to amaze me how there's so many diff ways to achieve the same outcome.. interesting to read each line to see how the methods differ... (well, at least it is to me as someone who's still learning)


Method 1 Code (MatchWildcards=False):

Code:
Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveDocument.Range
  With .Find
  .ClearFormatting
  .Replacement.ClearFormatting
  .Text = "Contractor Shall"
  .Replacement.Text = ""
  .Forward = True
  .Wrap = wdFindStop
  .Format = True
  .MatchWildcards = False
  .Execute
  End With
  Do While .Find.Found
  .Duplicate.Paragraphs.First.Range.HighlightColorIndex = wdYellow
  .Start = .Duplicate.Paragraphs.First.Range.End
  .Find.Execute
  Loop
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Method 2 Code (Alternative):
Code:
Sub Highlight_Paragraph()
  Dim oRng As Range
  Set oRng = ActiveDocument.Range
  With oRng.Find
  Do While .Execute(FindText:="Contractor Shall")
  oRng.Paragraphs(1).Range.HighlightColorIndex = wdYellow
  oRng.Collapse 0
  Loop
  End With
  lbl_Exit:
  Set oRng = Nothing
  Exit Sub
  End Sub
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Yet another answered cross-post found at: http://windowssecrets.com/forums/sho...h-that-Follows

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