Hello! I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to VBA codes, but I know that I need one now. I have a giant folder full of Word documents, and I need to find one specific word/phrase ("prompt," - with the word & the comma), highlight it, and do this across all documents in a selected folder. I've used the following VBA code for finding/replacing across multiple documents, but I wasn't sure how to edit it so that I can find/highlight across multiple documents. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated - thank you!


Sub CommandButton1_Click()
'Updated by Extendoffice 20180625
Dim xFileDialog As FileDialog, GetStr(1 To 500) As String '500 files is the maximum applying this code
Dim xFindStr As String
Dim xReplaceStr As String
Dim xDoc As Document
On Error Resume Next
Set xFileDialog = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker)
With xFileDialog
.Filters.Clear
.Filters.Add "All WORD File ", "*.docx", 1
.AllowMultiSelect = True


i = 1
If .Show = -1 Then
For Each stiSelectedItem In .SelectedItems
GetStr(i) = stiSelectedItem
i = i + 1
Next
i = i - 1
End If
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
xFindStr = InputBox("Find what:", "Kutools for Word", xFindStr)
xReplaceStr = InputBox("Replace with:", "Kutools for Word", xReplaceStr)
For j = 1 To i Step 1
Set xDoc = Documents.Open(FileName:=GetStr(j), Visible:=True)
Windows(GetStr(j)).Activate
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = xFindStr 'Find What
.Replacement.Text = xReplaceStr 'Replace With
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindAsk
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchByte = True
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
Application.Run macroname:="NEWMACROS"
ActiveDocument.Save
ActiveWindow.Close
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End With
MsgBox "Operation end, please view", vbInformation
End Sub

I think you would just need to add:

.Replacement.Highlight = True


... to your With Selection.Find statement

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That didn't work, unfortunately. It's still asking me to find a word and replace it with another word, but it's not highlighting anything. Would you possibly be able to copy/paste the code that you think would work? I am clueless when it comes to this stuff, so I might be doing it wrong. Thank you!