thanks, but that gives me an oleerror

WITH .SELECTION.FIND
.HitHighlight("finance", wdYellow) &--- error appears here

ENDWITH



>You can use HitHighlight() method of the Find object
>

>    With .Selection.Find
>      .HitHighlight ("Whatever")
>

>
>Syntax: expression.HitHighlight(FindText, HighlightColor, TextColor, MatchCase, MatchWholeWord, MatchPrefix, MatchSuffix, MatchPhrase, MatchWildcards, MatchSoundsLike, MatchAllWordForms, MatchByte, MatchFuzzy, MatchKashida, MatchDiacritics, MatchAlefHamza, MatchControl, IgnoreSpace, IgnorePunct, HanjaPhoneticHangul)
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