I'm trying to replace all instances of a given character with the same
character in Times New Roman. This is straightforward using Word's find and
replace feature. I have to do this often for several characters, so I tried
writing a macro for it. Unfortunately, the macro recorder wouldn't save any
font specifications, thus it replaced all instances of the character in
question with itself, withouth changing the font. In other words, the macro
does nothing. Is there some way to make this work?

Re: I cannot refer to fonts when find while recording a macro. Help. by Graham

Graham
Wed Mar 08 02:16:14 CST 2006

You will have to insert the extra commands manually - something along the
lines of

Sub ReplaceExample()

Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
'**********************
.Text = ""
.Font.Name = "Arial"
.Font.Bold = True
.Font.Size = "12"

.Replacement.Text = ""
.Replacement.Font.Name = "Times New Roman"
.Replacement.Font.Size = "11"
.Replacement.Font.Italic = True
'**********************
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = True
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchWildcards = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute replace:=wdReplaceAll
End Sub


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Macro Neophyte wrote:
> I'm trying to replace all instances of a given character with the same
> character in Times New Roman. This is straightforward using Word's
> find and replace feature. I have to do this often for several
> characters, so I tried writing a macro for it. Unfortunately, the
> macro recorder wouldn't save any font specifications, thus it
> replaced all instances of the character in question with itself,
> withouth changing the font. In other words, the macro does nothing.
> Is there some way to make this work?