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Old 05-18-2018, 03:44 PM
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Try:


Code:
Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim DocSrc As Document, DocTgt As Document
Set DocSrc = ActiveDocument
Set DocTgt = Documents.Add
With DocSrc.Range
  With .Find
    .ClearFormatting
    .Replacement.ClearFormatting
    .Text = "\<*\>"
    .Replacement.Text = ""
    .Format = False
    .Forward = True
    .Wrap = wdFindStop
    .MatchWildcards = True
    .Execute
  End With
  Do While .Find.Found
    DocTgt.Range.InsertAfter .Text & vbCr
    .Collapse wdCollapseEnd
    .Find.Execute
  Loop
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
PS: When posting code, please use the code tags, indicated by the # button on the posting menu. Without them, your code loses much of whatever structure it had.
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Old 05-18-2018, 04:23 PM
MaryTom MaryTom is offline Macro to highlight wildcard phrase, copy and paste into new doc. Windows 10 Macro to highlight wildcard phrase, copy and paste into new doc. Office 2016
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Ah, thank you so much! That seems to be exactly what I need. I appreciate the tip about the hashtags on the menu for codes too.

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