Macro for Finding Highlighted Text e125 12/30/2008 4:24:17 PM Version of Word 2003: I would like to record a macro for my finding highlighted text in my documents. However, when I record the macros using the "record a New Macro" feature in Tools, the recording button goes blank indicating that the macro is no longer recording. Is there a way to work around this glitch? Also, what is the VBA code for calling up the find and replace dialog box? Thanks in advance.

Re: Macro for Finding Highlighted Text "Graham Mayor" <gmayor[ at ]REMOVETHISmvps.org> 12/31/2008 8:49:35 AM The macro recorder does not always work as you might hope. Some things you have to code manually. It is simple enough to find text that is highlighted - what do you want to do with the highlighted text once you have found it? The code to call the replace dialog is Dialogs(wdDialogEditReplace).Show -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> e125 wrote: [Quoted Text] > Version of Word 2003: I would like to record a macro for my finding > highlighted text in my documents. However, when I record the macros > using the "record a New Macro" feature in Tools, the recording button > goes blank indicating that the macro is no longer recording. Is there > a way to work around this glitch? Also, what is the VBA code for > calling up the find and replace dialog box? > > Thanks in advance.

Re: Macro for Finding Highlighted Text e125 12/31/2008 2:05:01 PM Thank you for the response. Upon finding the text, I need to 1) leave the word / symbol selected; 2) close the dialog box; 3) analyze the highlighted word or symbol it has found, then manually remove the highlighted word or symbol. Steps 1 & 2 can be placed in a macro. Thank you for your help. "Graham Mayor" wrote: [Quoted Text] > The macro recorder does not always work as you might hope. Some things you > have to code manually. > It is simple enough to find text that is highlighted - what do you want to > do with the highlighted text once you have found it? > The code to call the replace dialog is > > Dialogs(wdDialogEditReplace).Show > > > -- > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Graham Mayor - Word MVP > > My web site www.gmayor.com > Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > > > e125 wrote: > > Version of Word 2003: I would like to record a macro for my finding > > highlighted text in my documents. However, when I record the macros > > using the "record a New Macro" feature in Tools, the recording button > > goes blank indicating that the macro is no longer recording. Is there > > a way to work around this glitch? Also, what is the VBA code for > > calling up the find and replace dialog box? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > >

Re: Macro for Finding Highlighted Text "Graham Mayor" <gmayor[ at ]REMOVETHISmvps.org> 12/31/2008 2:33:37 PM The following macro will find the next highlighted item from the cursor position With Selection.Find .ClearFormatting .Replacement.ClearFormatting .Text = "" .Replacement.Text = "" .Highlight = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Execute End With Attach to a toolbar button or keyboard shortcut http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> e125 wrote: [Quoted Text] > Thank you for the response. Upon finding the text, I need to 1) leave > the word / symbol selected; 2) close the dialog box; 3) analyze the > highlighted word or symbol it has found, then manually remove the > highlighted word or symbol. Steps 1 & 2 can be placed in a macro. > > Thank you for your help. > > > "Graham Mayor" wrote: > >> The macro recorder does not always work as you might hope. Some >> things you have to code manually. >> It is simple enough to find text that is highlighted - what do you >> want to do with the highlighted text once you have found it? >> The code to call the replace dialog is >> >> Dialogs(wdDialogEditReplace).Show >> >> >> -- >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> >> Graham Mayor - Word MVP >> >> My web site www.gmayor.com >> Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> >> >> >> e125 wrote: >>> Version of Word 2003: I would like to record a macro for my finding >>> highlighted text in my documents. However, when I record the macros >>> using the "record a New Macro" feature in Tools, the recording >>> button goes blank indicating that the macro is no longer recording. >>> Is there a way to work around this glitch? Also, what is the VBA >>> code for calling up the find and replace dialog box? >>> >>> Thanks in advance.