Hi Cous,

The following VBA code can help. After running the code, you will get a dialog box. Please type in the words you want to highlight and separate them by comma.

Sub HighlightStrings()
'Updated by Extendoffice 20230130
    Dim xHStr As String, xStrTmp As String
    Dim xHStrLen As Long, xCount As Long, I As Long
    Dim xCell As Range
    Dim xArr
    Dim xArr2
    On Error Resume Next
    xHStr = Application.InputBox("What is the string to highlight：", "KuTools For Excel", , , , , , 2)
    If TypeName(xHStr) <> "String" Then Exit Sub
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    
    xArr2 = Split(xHStr, ",")
    For j = 0 To UBound(xArr2)
        xHStr = xArr2(j)
    
        xHStrLen = Len(xHStr)
        For Each xCell In Selection
            xArr = Split(xCell.Value, xHStr)
            xCount = UBound(xArr)
            If xCount > 0 Then
                xStrTmp = ""
                For I = 0 To xCount - 1
                    xStrTmp = xStrTmp & xArr(I)
                    xCell.Characters(Len(xStrTmp) + 1, xHStrLen).Font.ColorIndex = 3
                    xStrTmp = xStrTmp & xHStr
                Next
            End If
        Next
    Next
    
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Hi Shaik Faiaz hamad,

Excel does not allow coloring a part of a cell. I'm sorry I can't help you with this problem.

Hi t.taln,

If you want to increae the font size by 1 and highlight multiple words at the same time, please add the following line after the line "xCell.Characters(Len(xStrTmp) + 1, xHStrLen).Font.ColorIndex = 3" in the VBA code.
Note: You need to know the current font size of the selected cell beforehand, and then enter a number one size larger than the original word. The number 12 in the line below is the font size I will assign to the matching words. And the original font size of the word is 11.

xCell.Characters(Len(xStrTmp) + 1, xHStrLen).Font.Size = 12

Hi Ciao,
Are your numbers located in different cells in a range? If so, you can create two conditional formatting rules (between -10 and 0, between 0 and 10) to highlight these numbers. If not, can you upload a screenshot of your data?

Hi Andreea,
If you only want to highlight the word if it is at the beginning of the selected cells. The following VBA code can do you a favor. Please give it a try.

Sub HighlightStrings()
'Updated by Extendoffice 20220805
    Dim xHStr As String, xStrTmp As String
    Dim xHStrLen As Long, xCount As Long, I As Long
    Dim xCell As Range
    Dim xArr
    On Error Resume Next
    xHStr = Application.InputBox("What is the string to highlight:", "KuTools For Excel", , , , , , 2)
    If TypeName(xHStr) <> "String" Then Exit Sub
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
        xHStrLen = Len(xHStr)
        For Each xCell In Selection
            If xHStrLen <= Len(xCell.Value) Then
                If xHStr = Left(xCell.Value, xHStrLen) Then
                    xCell.Characters(1, xHStrLen).Font.ColorIndex = 3
                End If
            End If
        Next
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Hello PAUC,
The following code can do you a favor. Please give it a try.

Sub HighlightStrings()
'Updated by Extendoffice 20220721
    Dim xHStr As String, xStrTmp As String
    Dim xHStrLen As Long, xCount As Long, I As Long
    Dim xCell As Range
    Dim xArr
    On Error Resume Next
    xHStr = "apple"
    If TypeName(xHStr) <> "String" Then Exit Sub
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
        xHStrLen = Len(xHStr)
        For Each xCell In Selection
            xArr = Split(xCell.Value, xHStr)
            xCount = UBound(xArr)
            If xCount > 0 Then
                xStrTmp = ""
                For I = 0 To xCount - 1
                    xStrTmp = xStrTmp & xArr(I)
                    xCell.Characters(Len(xStrTmp) + 1, xHStrLen).Font.ColorIndex = 3
                    xStrTmp = xStrTmp & xHStr
                Next
            End If
        Next
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub