I used the macro below and it works nicely! However, would it be possible to limit it to the text I selected in the active document only? The seperate document has 2000 words, so if the active document has too much text it will take ages... Even though I might only want to scan like 100 words to be highlighted... If anyone can help, much appreciated!
Sub B2_Highlighter_Selection_andAllWordForms()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Options.DefaultHighlightColorIndex = wdBrightGreen
Dim FRDoc As Document, FRList, i As Long
Set FRDoc = Documents.Open("C:\Users\Milan van Bree\Google Drive\Heerbeeck College\3. Extra materiaal algemeen\Macros for Word\B2words.docx", ReadOnly:=True, Addtorecentfiles:=False, Visible:=False)
FRList = FRDoc.Range.Text: FRDoc.Close False: Set FRDoc = Nothing
With Selection.Range.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Replacement.ClearFormatting
.MatchWholeWord = True
.MatchCase = False
.Replacement.Text = "^&"
.Replacement.Highlight = True
'Process each word from the List
For i = 0 To UBound(Split(FRList, vbCr)) - 1
.Text = Split(FRList, vbCr)(i)
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
Next
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
I tried to google it and I did find some answers, but that didnt compute with my specific macro type that highlights words that are stored in a seperate document.
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