How to highlight text in a Word document using a word list from another document

Gilvv · #1 10-16-2016, 11:57 PM

Hello.

I have a MS Word document that I need to check against a table of terms contained in another MS Word document. Essentially, I need to highlight the phrases/words in the document that coincide with phrases/words contained in the table of terms. The table of terms is formatted like this:

duplicate line item
duplicate procedures
duplication of benefits
Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
durable medical equipment exceeds rental cost
durable medical equipment maximum frequency

As a first attempt, I tried the code below. The problem is that it highlights EVERY SINGLE WORD from the table of terms. As I explained, I only want to highlight the phrases/words that coincide exactly with the phrases/words from the table (although many of the entries are single words, as a matter of fact). I tried to modify the code but didn’t have any luck. Thanks in advance for whatever help/guidance you can give me.

Code:

Sub CompareWordList()
      Dim sCheckDoc As String
      Dim docRef As Document
      Dim docCurrent As Document
      Dim wrdRef As Object
   
      sCheckDoc = "c:\checklist.doc"
      Set docCurrent = Selection.Document
      Set docRef = Documents.Open(sCheckDoc)
      docCurrent.Activate
   
      With Selection.Find
          .ClearFormatting
          .Replacement.ClearFormatting
          .Replacement.Highlight = True
          .Replacement.Text = "^&"
          .Forward = True
          .Format = True
          .MatchCase = True
          .MatchWildcards = False
      End With
   
      For Each wrdRef In docRef.Words
          If Asc(Left(wrdRef, 1)) > 32 Then
              With Selection.Find
                  .MatchWholeWord = True
                  .Wrap = wdFindContinue
                  .Text = wrdRef
                  .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
              End With
          End If
      Next wrdRef
   
      docRef.Close
      docCurrent.Activate
  End Sub

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