Sorting on Column D and Highlighting Only One Word

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Hello All,

Trying again because I definitely need help with the macro. I can't believe the response and how helpful everyone was last time. Hopefully I can get the same results this time around. Okay - I have a spreadsheet with multiple columns (A through N) and around 18k records. I need help writing the code to sort on column D where row 1 is "family name" and I would need to highlight yellow, every row that has only one name in it.

E.g.

Rows two and three have 'regina" and nothing else while rows 4-23 has "Elizabeth lastname" and other rows have three names in it.

Is there any way to codify this action by space between words. I'm thinking this is the only way since every name is unique and multiple rows have the same name sometimes?

If further information is needed, please let me know.

Thanks.

V/r


JB
 

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I guess I'm having a hard time understanding your format but I really do appreciate you taking the time to respond OldBrewer. When I copied your code into Excel it didn't run. Row 1 is the header for all the records. Row 2 is where the records begin and I would need to highlight single words (names) in yellow.

There are over 18k records.

Thanks again. Let know if I need to explain myself better.
 
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tools macro record macro
highlight A1
stop macro
tools macro edit macro
delete the line with Range("....etc
substitute my code
delete one end sub
 
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