MS Word: Find single italic words

Question

Is there a way in Microsoft Word to find all single italic words? For example, if the text is:

This is some text.

This is another line of text.

Word should find "some" but not "another line".

I only managed to find all italic words, but not just single ones. My text is in .rtf format. If this is not possible in Word you can also suggest alternatives that work on OS X.

Solution

Open the Find window and choose the More>> button.

Click the Format button and choose Font.

Choose Italic then OK.

Now choose find and it will look for words with that formatting.

Comments

[Wally]

I couldn't achieve it, but here's a source. Maybe you can take the time to read all of it and see if something there is helpful: word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm

[shrx]

@Wally it mentions searching for formatted text in one example (\1 ((bold))) but I can't understand how to make it work with my problem.

[shrx]

Have you tried with my example? It finds all italic words, not just single ones.

[CharlieRB]

Your question is "Is there a way in Microsoft Word to find all single italic words?" That is what I answered, unless you meant something different. Guess I didn't understand what you were asking. Did you mean to ask to find only non-consecutive italic words?

[shrx]

Yes, as it is shown in the example.

[CharlieRB]

To do that might require VBA. I will look to see if I can find something and update my answer.