It works in Word 2007. What version are you using?

>sorry
>0x80020006 unknown name
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>(I did not know anybody actually knows whta oloerror codes mean)
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>Thanks
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>>I'm not a mind reader. What error?
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>>>thanks, but that gives me an oleerror
>>>
>>> WITH .SELECTION.FIND
>>> .HitHighlight("finance", wdYellow) &--- error appears here
>>>
>>> ENDWITH
>>>