formatting cells

[Zarafa]

How do I conditionally format a cell in Word? I need the cell to colour
yellow when the text "amber" is typed in. It cannot be created in Excel.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Conditional formatting is not supported in Word.

Is there a reason you can't use Excel? Embedding an Excel worksheet would
certainly be useful in a case such as this one.

 

[dp]

In word 2003, I can set an auto correction to replace 'amber' with the
formatted text 'amber (in bold yellow font)'. Doesn't color the cell but
would it help?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Seems like a good idea to me (and it's probably the best we can do in Word).