This works for Word 2002 but the Find All may not work in earlier versions.
Assuming you have other text in the obits in upper and lowercase that
doesn't need to be changed, use the wildcard option in Find and Replace with
"([A-Z]{1,})([,. ]{1,})" in the Find what box (don't include the quotes) and
"\1" with "Font color: Red" in the Replace with box. This will change all
the all-caps words (1+ characters) that are followed by any of a comma,
space or period to red. Then with the wildcards option off, use Find what
with nothing in it but with Format: Font color: Red (to find anything set in
red text), click the "Highlight all items found in" box and click "Find
All".
This selects all of the words you just changed to red with the wildcards.
Now use Shift-F3 to change them from all caps to all lowercase, then again
to change them to title case. While they are still selected, use Format |
Font to change them back to auto color and 14 pt size.
I would suggest doing a quick scan to watch for situations where the
wildcard replace made changes you wouldn't want and manually change them
back. For example, if an obit had other names within it ("survived by his
wife, Jane C. Doe"), an initial would be set in red and would need to be
reset to auto. At least having it in red makes it easier to spot.
Hope this helps...
