Find Object Members

Word Developer Reference

Represents the criteria for a find operation.

Methods

	Name	Description
	ClearAllFuzzyOptions	Clears all nonspecific search options associated with Japanese text.
	ClearFormatting	Removes text and paragraph formatting from the text specified in a find or replace operation.
	ClearHitHighlight	Removes the highlighting for all text located in a hit highlighting find operation, and returns a Boolean that represents whether the operation was successful.
	Execute	Runs the specified find operation. Returns True if the find operation is successful. Boolean.
	HitHighlight	Highlights all found matches and returns a Boolean that represents whether matches were found.
	SetAllFuzzyOptions	Activates all nonspecific search options associated with Japanese text.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Application	Returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application.
	CorrectHangulEndings	True if Microsoft Word automatically corrects Hangul endings when replacing Hangul text. Read/write Boolean.
	Creator	Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only Long.
	Font	Returns or sets a Font object that represents the character formatting of the specified object. Read/write Font.
	Format	True if formatting is included in the find operation. Read/write Boolean.
	Forward	True if the find operation searches forward through the document. Read/write Boolean.
	Found	True if the search produces a match. Read-only Boolean.
	Frame	Returns a Frame object that represents the frame formatting for the specified style or find-and-replace operation. Read-only.
	HanjaPhoneticHangul	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether to locate phonetic Hangul and hanja characters in a Korean langauge find operation. Read/write.
	Highlight	True if highlight formatting is included in the find criteria. Read/write Long.
	IgnorePunct	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether a find operation should ignore punctuation in found text. Read/write.
	IgnoreSpace	Returns or sets a Boolean that represents whether a find operation should ignore extra white space in found text. Read/write.
	LanguageID	Returns or sets the language for the specified Find object. Read/write WdLanguageID.
	LanguageIDFarEast	Returns or sets an East Asian language for the specified object. Read/write WdLanguageID.
	LanguageIDOther	Returns or sets the language for the specified object. Read/write WdLanguageID.
	MatchAlefHamza	True if find operations match text with matching alef hamzas in an Arabic language document. Read/write Boolean.
	MatchAllWordForms	True if all forms of the text to find are found by the find operation (for instance, if the text to find is "sit," "sat" and "sitting" are found as well). Read/write Boolean.
	MatchByte	True if Microsoft Word distinguishes between full-width and half-width letters or characters during a search. Read/write Boolean.
	MatchCase	True if the find operation is case sensitive. The default is False. Read/write Boolean.
	MatchControl	True if find operations match text with matching bidirectional control characters in a right-to-left language document. Read/write Boolean.
	MatchDiacritics	True if find operations match text with matching diacritics in a right-to-left language document. Read/write Boolean.
	MatchFuzzy	True if Microsoft Word uses the nonspecific search options for Japanese text during a search. Read/write Boolean.
	MatchKashida	True if find operations match text with matching kashidas in an Arabic language document. Read/write Boolean.
	MatchPhrase	True ignores all white space and control characters between words. Read/write.
	MatchPrefix	True to match words beginning with the search string. Read/write.
	MatchSoundsLike	True if words that sound similar to the text to find are returned by the find operation. Read/write Boolean.
	MatchSuffix	True to match words ending with the search string. Read/write.
	MatchWholeWord	True if the find operation locates only entire words and not text that's part of a larger word. Read/write Boolean.
	MatchWildcards	True if the text to find contains wildcards. Read/write Boolean.
	NoProofing	True if Microsoft Word finds or replaces text that the spelling and grammar checker ignores. Read/write Long.
	ParagraphFormat	Returns or sets a ParagraphFormat object that represents the paragraph settings for the specified find operation. Read/write.
	Parent	Returns an Object that represents the parent object of the specified Find object.
	Replacement	Returns a Replacement object that contains the criteria for a replace operation.
	Style	Returns or sets the style for the specified object. Read/write Variant.
	Text	Returns or sets the text to find. Read/write String.
	Wrap	Returns or sets what happens if the search begins at a point other than the beginning of the document and the end of the document is reached (or vice versa if Forward is set to False) or if the search text isn't found in the specified selection or range. Read/write WdFindWrap.