I would really like to be able to highlight a word in a large document and
find out how many times I have repeated that particular word. Anyone know if
this is possible, without doing some replacement 'replace' routine?

In the Find dialog, check the box for "Highlight all items found" and then
click Find All. Word will select (highlight) all the occurrences and tell
you how many there are.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Dictionary option/Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message news:BFE06AD0-043C-4D78-937A-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I would really like to be able to highlight a word in a large document and
> find out how many times I have repeated that particular word. Anyone know
> if
> this is possible, without doing some replacement 'replace' routine?

Thank you Suzanne. I had to fiddle with it a bit (probably because I am
using Office 2007), but it works great. Just what I needed, and so simple
when you know how! As an author this will save me a great deal of work, very
many thanks once again.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> In the Find dialog, check the box for "Highlight all items found" and then
> click Find All. Word will select (highlight) all the occurrences and tell
> you how many there are.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "Dictionary option/Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote in message news:BFE06AD0-043C-4D78-937A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I would really like to be able to highlight a word in a large document and
> > find out how many times I have repeated that particular word. Anyone know
> > if
> > this is possible, without doing some replacement 'replace' routine?
>
>
>

Glad I could help. That option, when it was added a couple of versions back,
was completely unheralded, and I don't suppose I would ever have discovered
it if someone here hadn't mentioned it. It's one of the lesser-known and
underappreciated Word features.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Dictionary option/Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message news:B592BBFD-949B-4F4B-8D2F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thank you Suzanne. I had to fiddle with it a bit (probably because I am
> using Office 2007), but it works great. Just what I needed, and so simple
> when you know how! As an author this will save me a great deal of work,
> very
> many thanks once again.
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> In the Find dialog, check the box for "Highlight all items found" and
>> then
>> click Find All. Word will select (highlight) all the occurrences and tell
>> you how many there are.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
>> "Dictionary option/Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote in message
>> news:BFE06AD0-043C-4D78-937A-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I would really like to be able to highlight a word in a large document
>> >and
>> > find out how many times I have repeated that particular word. Anyone
>> > know
>> > if
>> > this is possible, without doing some replacement 'replace' routine?
>>
>>
>>
>