The Find and Replace function in Word serves provides much more functionality than simply finding and replacing words. One of the things this feature can do is quickly remove all the highlighting in a document. This is much simpler than having to scroll through a document and manually remove the highlighting.

To use the Find and Replace function to remove highlighting:

1. Click the Highlight button on the toolbar and click Noe.

2. From the Edit menu, click Find.
3. Select the Replace tab.
4. Click the More button.
5. Click inside the Find what field and click the Format button.
6. Click Highlight from the drop down menu.
7. Click inside the Replace with field and click the Format button.
8. Click Highlight from the drop down menu.
9. Click Replace All and click OK.
10. Select the No Formatting button and click Close.

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