Word 2007 SP1, highlighting disappears

External Since: Aug 27, 2003 Posts: 1203

I'm not sure what the difference is. The "Find In" button I'm referring to
works like the "Highlight All items found" option -- it selects the found
data in the document as in previous versions.

I emailed you a screen shot. Smile

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill.TakeThisOut@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Yes, I see that. But I don't see any Find All functionality other than the
> Reading Highlight. My point is that the Reading Highlight appears to be
> the same thing as "Highlight all items found" but unfortunately isn't. I
> don't see any way to select all items found.
>
> In Word 2003, you can use "Highlight all items found" to select every
> occurrence the "Find what" text and then click back to the doc and apply
> given formatting to just those selected found items. What is even more
> useful is that you can Cut or Copy the selected text and paste it into
> another document. It seems this functionality has been lost entirely in
> Word 2007.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "Beth Melton" <bmelton.TakeThisOut@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23IzfgQRiIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I suspect I was thinking of Word 2003 in regards to wording. It's now
>>called "Find In". I see the button next to the "Reading Highlight" button
>>in the Find dialog box. If you click the "Find In" button you'll see a
>>list of choices for the Find scope. Note that "Main Document" will be the
>>only choice if you don't have headers/footers, text boxes, or comments.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Beth Melton
>> Microsoft Office MVP
>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
>>
>> What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs
>>
>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill.TakeThisOut@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:u0LpwaGiIHA.4844@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>I don't see the Find All function in the Find dialog in Word 2007, Beth.
>>>Where are you seeing it? Keep in mind that in Word 2003, there is a check
>>>box for "Highlight all items found in" [whatever is selected]. When that
>>>box is checked, the Find Next button changes to Find All.
>>>
>>> "Beth Melton" <bmelton.TakeThisOut@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>> news:eQBveyEiIHA.5152@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> The "Find All" functionality, which selects the text, is still
>>>> available and works similar to previous versions. The difference is the
>>>> scope of the Find can now be set to Text Boxes, Headers and Footers,
>>>> and Comments if the elements are present in the document.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

External Since: Sep 26, 2003 Posts: 18972

Ah, okay, now I'm finally getting it. But there is absolutely *no*
indication that this is equivalent to Find All, which I find much more
straightforward.

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

"Beth Melton" <bmelton.RemoveThis@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23U$SMPciIHA.5280@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> I'm not sure what the difference is. The "Find In" button I'm referring to
> works like the "Highlight All items found" option -- it selects the found
> data in the document as in previous versions.
>
> I emailed you a screen shot. Smile

>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Beth Melton
> Microsoft Office MVP
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
>
> What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill.RemoveThis@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:OZPsHTTiIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Yes, I see that. But I don't see any Find All functionality other than
>> the Reading Highlight. My point is that the Reading Highlight appears to
>> be the same thing as "Highlight all items found" but unfortunately isn't.
>> I don't see any way to select all items found.
>>
>> In Word 2003, you can use "Highlight all items found" to select every
>> occurrence the "Find what" text and then click back to the doc and apply
>> given formatting to just those selected found items. What is even more
>> useful is that you can Cut or Copy the selected text and paste it into
>> another document. It seems this functionality has been lost entirely in
>> Word 2007.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
>> "Beth Melton" <bmelton.RemoveThis@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:%23IzfgQRiIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>I suspect I was thinking of Word 2003 in regards to wording. It's now
>>>called "Find In". I see the button next to the "Reading Highlight" button
>>>in the Find dialog box. If you click the "Find In" button you'll see a
>>>list of choices for the Find scope. Note that "Main Document" will be the
>>>only choice if you don't have headers/footers, text boxes, or comments.
>>>
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> Beth Melton
>>> Microsoft Office MVP
>>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
>>>
>>> What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs
>>>
>>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill.RemoveThis@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>> news:u0LpwaGiIHA.4844@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>I don't see the Find All function in the Find dialog in Word 2007, Beth.
>>>>Where are you seeing it? Keep in mind that in Word 2003, there is a
>>>>check box for "Highlight all items found in" [whatever is selected].
>>>>When that box is checked, the Find Next button changes to Find All.
>>>>
>>>> "Beth Melton" <bmelton.RemoveThis@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>>> news:eQBveyEiIHA.5152@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> The "Find All" functionality, which selects the text, is still
>>>>> available and works similar to previous versions. The difference is
>>>>> the scope of the Find can now be set to Text Boxes, Headers and
>>>>> Footers, and Comments if the elements are present in the document.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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