how do I highlight one specific word in a document? Like "the"?

[Guest]

Basically I am trying to see how many times I used a specific word in a
paper. HOw can I do a word count for one word?

 

[Jay Freedman]

Basically I am trying to see how many times I used a specific word in a
paper. HOw can I do a word count for one word?

In the Edit > Replace dialog, enter the word in the Find box, and
enter anything (or nothing) in the Replace With box. Click Replace
All. A dialog box will pop up and tell you how many replacements it
did, which is the number of times that text appeared in the document.
Then click Undo (or press Ctrl+Z) to return the document to its
original state.

If you want a macro for this, see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/NoTimesTextInDoc.htm.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

A safe way to run this type of Replace operation is to use ^& in the
"Replace with" box. This will guarantee that the "Find what" text is also
used for the replacement.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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[Tony Jollans]

If you have Word 2002 or 2003 you can do it without replacing.

In the Find tab, enter your word in the "find what" box, check "Highlight
all occurrences" and make sure that the dropdown below it shows "Main
Document". The "Find Next" button will change caption to "Find All" - press
it and all occurrences of the word will be highlighted and a message in the
dialog (just above the buttons) will say how many occurrences there are.

 

[Greg Maxey]

Or try my Find It Addin:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Find_it_tool_bar.htm