I’ve just discovered a new favorite tool in Word. Despite how long I’ve been using the program, I still come across simple features I just haven’t noticed before that turn out to be extremely useful.
I had highlighted a word in my book (on my Kindle) that I thought maybe I’d been using too often, so I went to my document in Word, opened Find and Replace (Ctrl + F) and noticed the Reading Highlight button. I swear I’ve never noticed it before, even though it’s right there and I use Find and Replace all the damn time.
Here’s a pic.
So I clicked it, chose “highlight all” and then realized it also showed me how many times the word was highlighted! So now I have a quick way to count words in my document if I feel like I’ve been using one way too often.
And if you didn’t know about this little feature, now you do too! :D
Turns out I had not used the word nearly as many times as I felt like I had (not “yelled”) and so I don’t even need to worry about it. :D
I also checked for a few other words I do use too frequently and yep, definitely like that F-word. 155 times in all it’s variations.
Doubt I’ll change a thing! :D
But I really like this little tool. Very handy for the odd words you don’t want to repeat too often.