Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Searching for Character Formatting.
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated April 4, 2020)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365
Word has a very powerful search capability that allows you to find not just text but the formats of text as well. To search for character formatting, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Find Font dialog box.
At this point Word locates the first instance of text that matches whatever attributes you specified in step 7. You can continue clicking Find Next in the Find Font dialog box, or you can close the dialog box and return to editing your document.
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