Many people are familiar with Word’s Find and Replace feature, which allows you to replace all instances of specified text with new next. However, there may be times when you simply wish to see how many times you used a particular word or expression in a document. To do this, use the Find and Replace feature but instead of replacing specified items, you highlight them.
To Highlight Specified Items using Find & Replace:
1. Click Find on the Home Ribbon on the Editing Tab
 (or press the Ctrl + F keystroke combination)
2. Type the word(s) that you want to find in the Find What box
3. Click the Reading Highlight button
4. Click “Highlight All” from the drop-down list
All instances of the word or expression will be highlighted in the color that is active in the Highlight icon on the Font group of the Ribbon.
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