Windows – How to change the font color of a specific letter throughout the entire MS Word 2007 document

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I have a text content in MS Office Word 2007.
Assume something like the following :
Abcd Efgh .....

Now I wanna change the color of each A in the content to red.
How can I do it in MS Office Word 2007 ?

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Easier way would be use Find and Replace and use the Advanced Options where you can format the font type, color and size and make sure to uncheck "Ignore Case" so you only get the "A" instead of all instances of "a" or "A".

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Word – Is it possible to assign a specific style to all cross-references in Word 2007

Some cross-reference types are automatically formatted with the "intense reference" style, but most are formatted as "normal" text.

To apply the "intense reference" style to the text of the cross reference:

select the text
choose the "Home" tab in the ribbon
using either the up-down buttons or the drop-down button in the "Styles" group of the ribbon, choose the "intense reference" style (or another style if you prefer)

To change the appearance of all text of a given style:

choose the "Home" tab in the ribbon
using the drop-down button in the "Styles" group of the ribbon, choose "Apply styles..."
in the "Apply Styles" dialog box under "Style Name" choose the name of the style you want to change (e.g. "intense reference")
Click the "Modify..." button
Change the formatting to suit you and click "OK"

To apply a style to all cross references at once:

Press Alt+F9 to show field codes
Select the "Home" tab in the ribbon
Click on "Replace" in the "Editing" group
In the "Find what" field, type ^19 REF
- (That's caret-one-nine-space-R-E-F)
Click in the "Replace with" field, but don't type anything
Click the "More" button
The bottom section of the dialog should be titled "Replace" (with a horizontal rule after it)
Click the "Format" button and select "Style..."
Choose a style (e.g. "Intense Reference") and click OK
It should now show the style you selected under the "Replace with" field
Click "Replace All" if you're feeling brave or use "Find Next" and "Replace" to step through and replace or skip each reference field code's style individually
Press Alt+F9 to hide field codes

See this page for more information on special codes in Find and Replace.

Here is a macro that will add the switch \* mergeformat to each of the fields. This switch is necessary to keep the formatting from being lost if you do a field update. You can assign the macro to a keystroke and it will step through the fields one at a time for each time you press the keystroke. You can also edit the macro to loop over the whole document to automate the process.

Sub mf()
'
' mf Macro
' Find cross references and add \* mergeformat
'
    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
        .Text = "^19 REF"
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindContinue
        .Format = True
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = False
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute
    Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
    Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
    Selection.TypeText Text:="\* mergeformat "
    Selection.Find.Execute
End Sub

Word – How to change the colors used in MS Word 2007 track changes

Apparently you can't, see "Change the way that markup is displayed". Microsoft says:

you can't assign specific colors for changes made by different reviewers

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