Highlight sentences from a list located in another file

Asuryan33 · #1 03-15-2019, 05:15 AM

Hello all.

I'm trying to find a way to highlight word and sentences in a file from a list located in another file.

I found a a macro online but the problem is that it will highligh all single words.
What should I do if I want to highlight a list of strings composed of several words (Like phrasal verb or expression for exemple)
For exemple, I want it to highlight all "Fill out" but leaving alone all "fill" and "out" that are not a part of "Fill out"

Thank you

the Macro I found on https://wordribbon.tips.net/ is:

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
Options.DefaultHighlightColorIndex = wdYellow

With Selection.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Replacement.ClearFormatting
.Replacement.Highlight = True
.Replacement.Text = "^&"
.Forward = True
.Format = True

.MatchWholeWord = True
.MatchCase = True
.MatchWildcards = False
End With

For Each wrdRef In docRef.Words
If Asc(Left(wrdRef, 1)) > 32 Then
With Selection.Find
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Text = Trim(wrdRef)
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With
End If
Next wrdRef

docRef.Close
docCurrent.Activate
End Sub

gmayor · #2 03-15-2019, 06:16 AM

You would need either to put the phrases in a table or in separate paragraphs then instead of searching for words you would search for the contents of the table cells or the paragraphs e.g.

Code:

For i = 1 To docRef.Paragraphs.Count
    Set oPara = docRef.Paragraphs(1).Range
    oPara.End = oPara.End - 1
    strFind = oPara.Text
    'do stuff with opara.text
Next i

Asuryan33 · #3 03-15-2019, 06:25 AM

Hello.

Yes, I was thinking that it would be better to use an Excel file for my list.

I'm very sorry. I know nothing about VBA.
What should I modify on the code ?
Where to put:

Code:

For i = 1 To docRef.Paragraphs.Count
    Set oPara = docRef.Paragraphs(1).Range
    oPara.End = oPara.End - 1
    strFind = oPara.Text
    'do stuff with opara.text
Next i

??

thx you

gmayor · #4 03-15-2019, 10:07 PM

You replace the original loop with this one e.g. as follows
checkphrases.docx sholuld have each word or phrase to find in a new paragraph (with no empty paragraphs).

Code:

Sub ComparePhraseList()
Dim sCheckDoc As String
Dim docRef As Document
Dim docCurrent As Document
Dim i As Integer
Dim oPara As Range


sCheckDoc = "c:\path\checkphrases.docx"  'Change to the path where the document is located.
   Set docCurrent = Selection.Document
    Set docRef = Documents.Open(sCheckDoc)
    docCurrent.Activate
    Options.DefaultHighlightColorIndex = wdYellow

    With Selection.Find
        .ClearFormatting
        .Replacement.ClearFormatting
        .Replacement.Highlight = True
        .Replacement.Text = "^&"
        .Forward = True
        .Format = True
        .MatchWholeWord = True
        .MatchCase = True
        .MatchWildcards = False
    End With

    For i = 1 To docRef.Paragraphs.Count
        Set oPara = docRef.Paragraphs(i).Range
        oPara.End = oPara.End - 1
        With Selection.Find
            .Wrap = wdFindContinue
            .Text = oPara.Text
            .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
        End With
    Next i

    docRef.Close
    docCurrent.Activate
    Set docRef = Nothing
    Set docCurrent = Nothing
    Set oPara = Nothing
   
End Sub

Asuryan33 · #5 03-16-2019, 10:42 AM

Hello.

Thank you for your answer.
After I wrote the last comment I realised that my question was stupid :P

I just tried it and it's working very well. I just changed the case sensitive for "False".

Thx a lot for your help

Asuryan33 · #6 03-18-2019, 05:09 AM

Hello.

I have a last question.

I see the macro and ... what is beween the first With Selection.Find // End With.. could be moved to the code you added (I tried and it works same)

Also, if I track modification on word, I see that the macro highlight the word first, then erase it and replace it with non highlight word.
If the change tracking is not activated, I see highlited word as final result.

It's not a big deal, since a can desactivate the tracking before the macro. But I'm curious to know why it's like that.

Code:

   With Selection.Find
        .ClearFormatting
        .Replacement.ClearFormatting
        .Replacement.Highlight = True
        .Replacement.Text = "^&"
        .Forward = True
        .Format = True
        .MatchWholeWord = True
        .MatchCase = True
        .MatchWildcards = False
    End With

    For i = 1 To docRef.Paragraphs.Count
        Set oPara = docRef.Paragraphs(i).Range
        oPara.End = oPara.End - 1
        With Selection.Find
            .Wrap = wdFindContinue
            .Text = oPara.Text
            .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
        End With
    Next i

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