I need to have word automatically change all words in brackets to

[Guest]

Hello,

I am wondering if there's a way for Word to automatically make all words I
type in brackets red. For instance if I type: <piano> I want word to type
it in red automatically without me having to do it manually. I type long
documents with a lot of brackets that I need to stand out.

Thanks

 

[Greg Maxey]

If you can wait until your have finished your draft, your can make the
changes with the following macro:

Sub FindAndChangeFontInBracketedText()

'Changes font to red in text contained in < >
Dim oRng As Range
Set oRng = ActiveDocument.Content

With oRng.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Text = "[/<]<*>[/>]"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.MatchWildcards = True
Do While .Execute
With oRng
.Font.Color = wdColorRed
.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
End With
Loop
End With
End Sub

 

[Graham Mayor]

No - you'll have to use the replace function to achieve that.

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<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

 

[Greg Maxey]

BTW,

You can also do this with the Find and Replace dialog. Edit>Replace and
click use wildcards. Type the find string I proviced (less the " ") in the
find what field and type ^& in the replace with window. Click
More>Format>Font and apply the red font attribute. Replace all/