Sub Semicolon()
' Paul Beverley - Version 09.11.24
' Make adjacent words into semicolon separated

newBit = "; "
myQuotes = Chr(34) & Chr(39) & ChrW(8220) & ChrW(8216)
oldBits = ";:.,!?" & ChrW(8211) & ChrW(8211)
Set rng = Selection.Range.Duplicate
rng.MoveEnd , 50
For i = 1 To rng.Characters.Count
  If InStr(oldBits, rng.Characters(i)) > 0 Then Exit For
Next i
If i > 50 Then
  Beep
  MsgBox "No relevant punctuation found."
  Exit Sub
End If
rng.Characters(i - 2).Select
While (LCase(Selection) <> UCase(Selection))
  Selection.MoveRight 1
  DoEvents
Wend
myStart = Selection.start
If Selection = ChrW(8217) Then myStart = myStart + 1
Do
  Selection.MoveRight 1
  DoEvents
Loop Until LCase(Selection) <> UCase(Selection) Or Asc(Selection) = 1
myEnd = Selection.start
Set rng = ActiveDocument.Content
rng.End = myEnd
rng.start = myStart
wasMiddle = rng
lastChar = Right(rng, 1)
If LCase(Selection) <> Selection Then
' It needs lowercasing
  Selection.start = Selection.start - 1
  preChar = Selection
  Selection.MoveStart 1
  Selection.MoveEnd 1
  newLetter = LCase(Selection)
  If InStr(myQuotes, preChar) > 0 Then
    Selection.Delete
    Selection.TypeText Text:=newLetter
    Selection.End = myEnd - 1
  Else
    newBit = newBit & newLetter
  End If
  Selection.start = myStart
Else
  If lastChar = " " And Len(rng) > 1 Then newBit = Trim(newBit)
  Selection.MoveLeft 1
End If
Selection.start = myStart
Selection.Delete
Selection.TypeText Text:=newBit
Selection.MoveRight Count:=2
End Sub