Sub HighlightDuplicateSentences() ' Paul Beverley - Version 01.05.16 ' Highlight pairs of identical sentences minWords = 10 numSent = ActiveDocument.Sentences.Count For i = 1 To numSent - 1 If Not (ActiveDocument.Sentences(i).Words.Count < minWords) Then For j = (i + 1) To numSent If ActiveDocument.Sentences(i).Text = _ ActiveDocument.Sentences(j).Text Then ActiveDocument.Sentences(i).HighlightColorIndex = wdGray25 ActiveDocument.Sentences(j).HighlightColorIndex = wdYellow ActiveDocument.Sentences(i).Select End If Next j End If DoEvents StatusBar = "To go: " & Str(numSent - i) Next i Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory End Sub