Find and replace

Find and select text

With Selection.Find
 .Forward = True
 .Wrap = wdFindStop
 .Text = "Text you need to find"
 .Execute
End With

Bold the text that you are looking for:

With ActiveDocument.Content.Find
 .Text = "The text you are looking for"
 .Forward = True
 .Execute
 If .Found = True Then .Parent.Bold = True
End With

Replace all occurances

With Selection.Find
 .ClearFormatting
 .Text = "Text you are looking for"
 .Replacement.ClearFormatting
 .Replacement.Text = "Text you are replacing it with"
 .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll, Forward:=True, _
 Wrap:=wdFindContinue
End With

Look for bold formatting and remove it
With ActiveDocument.Content.Find
 .ClearFormatting
 .Font.Bold = True
 With .Replacement
 .ClearFormatting
 .Font.Bold = False
 End With
 .Execute FindText:="", ReplaceWith:="", _
 Format:=True, Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With


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