How to locate the document text selected from Styles and Formattin

[Ron]

Hi, I have a large 200+ page document that I am reformatting. The document
was created by a number of different authors so even though I gave them a
template to use there are a lot of styles that I don't want in the document.

With the Styles and Formatting task pane up. I can do the following
1) Identify the style I do not want
2) Using the drop down list select the 'Select all xx instances' option of
the styles.
This option will select and highlight all the document text that has
the particular style applied.

Here is the problem. How do I find where the document text that has been
selected is? In some cases, there may only be a single character that has the
style applied. In a large document it is very difficult to find the selected
text so that I can reformat it with a different style.

I have tried the find feature and have selected the 'styles'. But this does
not seem to list all the styles that are in the document.

Is there a feature somewhere that allows me to search for these styles? Or a
trick that I can use to find the text selected?

Thanks,

I have tri

 

[Greg]

You could try this macro:

Sub Test()
ActiveWindow.ScrollIntoView Selection.Range, True
End Sub

 

[Ron]

Hi Greg, is this a VB macro? If so, where can I find it? I'm assuming I could
assign this macro to a shortcut key or button? Ron

 

[Graham Mayor]

You would have to enter the macro that Greg has listed into the vba editor
before assigning a shortcut - see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
You might want to give it a more meaningful name than Test?

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[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

The items are selected, but not highlighted. So what you can do is highlight
them and then search for highlighted text. An advantage is that if you edit
one selected item, you won't have to reselect everything as you do when you
are working with selection groups.

PamC

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you just want to apply a different style, then after it is selected you
can do that. Just select the new style in the Styles and Formatting task
pane to apply.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org