MS Word: highlight text with a script

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#1

Hello,

I’m looking for a way to make an existing selection highlighted in MS Word (2011). The VBA equivalent is:

Selection.Range.HighlightColorIndex = wdYellow

Many thanks!

Hans

#2

Hi,

not as short as in VBA


tell application "Microsoft Word"
	set {selection start:startIndex, selection end:endIndex} to selection
	set theRange to create range active document start startIndex end endIndex
	set highlight color index of theRange to yellow
end tell