Sub ParticipleSentenceStartShow() ' Paul Beverley - Version 04.01.24 ' Underlines + highlights the participles that start sentences myHighColour = wdYellow ' or myHighColour = 0 ' for no highlight myUnderline = True For Each mySent In ActiveDocument.Sentences myWd = Trim(mySent.Words(1)) If Len(myWd) > 4 Then If Right(myWd, 3) = "ing" Then If myHighColour > 0 Then _ mySent.Words(1).HighlightColorIndex = myHighColour If myUnderline = True Then _ mySent.Words(1).Font.Underline = True mySent.Words(1).Select DoEvents End If End If Next End Sub