TextRange.Find Method

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Finds the specified text in a text range, and returns a TextRange object that represents the first text range where the text is found. Returns Nothing if no match is found.

Syntax

expression.Find(FindWhat, After, MatchCase, WholeWords)

expression   A variable that represents a TextRange object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
FindWhat Required String The text to search for.
After Optional Long The position of the character (in the specified text range) after which you want to search for the next occurrence of FindWhat. For example, if you want to search from the fifth character of the text range, specify 4 for After. If this argument is omitted, the first character of the text range is used as the starting point for the search.
MatchCase Optional MsoTriState msoTrue for the search to distinguish between uppercase and lowercase characters.
WholeWords Optional MsoTriState msoTrue for the search to find only whole words and not parts of larger words as well.

Return Value
TextRange

Example

This example finds every occurrence of "CompanyX" in the active presentation and formats it as bold.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  For Each sld In Application.ActivePresentation.Slides
    For Each shp In sld.Shapes
        If shp.HasTextFrame Then
            Set txtRng = shp.TextFrame.TextRange
            Set foundText = txtRng.Find(FindWhat:="CompanyX")
            Do While Not (foundText Is Nothing)
                With foundText
                    .Font.Bold = True
                    Set foundText = _
                        txtRng.Find(FindWhat:="CompanyX", _
                        After:=.Start + .Length - 1)
                End With
            Loop
        End If
    Next
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