Try this. It only changes to RED the currently selected word, the prior selected word returns to normal. I don't know how to have a user selected word copied anywhere, let alone to a text field. I've never seen that done.
It does have me scratching my head though. You want the user to copy a word from a list of reserved words so that he can then check to see if that word is a reserved word. You lost me. I probably am missing something. Anyway, good luck with that part of it.
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Form1.myVar.onclick = function(){Form1.myVar.value = ""}
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function swapHiLite(isForm){
useList.innerText = useList;
testWord = isForm.myVar.value.toUpperCase();
if (testWord == ""){alert('Input a word');isForm.myVar.focus()}
else {
testWord = '"'+testWord+'"';
isReserved = useList.match(testWord);
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{useList = useList.replace(isReserved,"<font color=red>"+isReserved+"</font>")
isList.innerHTML = useList;
useList = useList.replace("<font color=red>"+isReserved+"</font>",isReserved);
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if(isReserved == null){alert('That word is NOT reserved')}
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<TD vAlign=top align=left width=307 bgColor=#ffffff height=45><FONT
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#0033cc size=2>Submit a
variable to see if it is among the reserved words listed below.
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<TD id=result vAlign=top noWrap align=left width=307><FONT
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#ffffff size=2>(This
test is case-insensitive).</FONT></TD>
<TD vAlign=top align=left width=227><FONT
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#0033cc size=2>Or
highlight words on this page, then click here ------> |</FONT><INPUT type=button value=Copy onclick="copyWord()"> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR
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size=2><Div id='isList'>"ABSOLUTE", "ACTION", "ADD", "ALL", "ALLOCATE", "ALTER", "AND", "ANY",
"ARE", "AS", "ASC", "ASSERTION", "AT", "AUTHORIZATION", "AVG", "BEGIN",
"BETWEEN", "BIT", "BIT_LENGTH", "BOTH", "BY", "CASCADE", "CASCADED", "CASE",
"CAST", "CATALOG", "CHAR", "CHARACTER", "CHARACTER_LENGTH", "CHAR_LENGTH",
"CHECK", "CLOSE", "COALESCE", "COLLATE", "COLLATION", "COLUMN", "COMMIT",
"CONNECT", "CONNECTION", "CONSTRAINT", "CONSTRAINTS", "CONTINUE", "CONVERT",
"CORRESPONDING", "COUNT", "CREATE", "CROSS", "CURRENT", "CURRENT_DATE",
"CURRENT_TIME", "CURRENT_TIMESTAMP", "CURRENT_USER", "CURSOR", "DATE", "DAY",
"DEALLOCATE", "DEC", "DECIMAL", "DECLARE", "DEFAULT", "DEFERRABLE", "DEFERRED",
"DELETE", "DESC", "DESCRIBE", "DESCRIPTOR", "DIAGNOSTICS", "DISCONNECT",
"DISTINCT", "DOMAIN", "DOUBLE", "DROP", "ELSE", "END", "END-EXEC", "ESCAPE",
"EXCEPTION", "EXEC", "EXECUTE", "EXISTS", "EXTERNAL", "EXTRACT", "FALSE",
"FETCH", "FIRST", "FLOAT", "FOR", "FOREIGN", "FOUND", "FROM", "FULL", "GET",
"GLOBAL", "GO", "GOTO", "GRANT", "GROUP", "HAVING", "HOUR", "IDENTITY",
"IMMEDIATE", "IN", "INDICATOR", "INITIALLY", "INNER", "INPUT", "INSENSITIVE",
"INSERT", "INT", "INTEGER", "INTERSECT", "INTERVAL", "INTO", "IS", "ISOLATION",
"JOIN", "KEY", "LANGUAGE", "LAST", "LEADING", "LEFT", "LEVEL", "LIKE", "LOCAL",
"LOWER", "MATCH", "MAX", "MIN", "MINUTE", "MODULE", "MONTH", "NAMES",
"NATIONAL", "NATURAL", "NCHAR", "NEXT", "NO", "NOT", "NULL", "NULLIF",
"NUMERIC", "OCTET_LENGTH", "OF", "ON", "ONLY", "OPEN", "OPTION", "OR", "ORDER",
"OUTER", "OUTPUT", "OVERLAPS", "PAD", "PARTIAL", "POSITION", "PRECISION",
"PREPARE", "PRESERVE", "PRIMARY", "PRIOR", "PRIVILEGES", "PROCEDURE", "PUBLIC",
"READ", "REAL", "REFERENCES", "RELATIVE", "RESTRICT", "REVOKE", "RIGHT",
"ROLLBACK", "ROWS", "SCHEMA", "SCROLL", "SECOND", "SECTION", "SELECT",
"SESSION", "SESSION_USER", "SET", "SIZE", "SMALLINT", "SOME", "SPACE", "SQL",
"SQLCODE", "SQLERROR", "SQLSTATE", "SUBSTRING", "SUM", "SYSTEM_USER", "TABLE",
"TEMPORARY", "THEN", "TIME", "TIMESTAMP", "TIMEZONE_HOUR", "TIMEZONE_MINUTE",
"TO", "TRAILING", "TRANSACTION", "TRANSLATE", "TRANSLATION", "TRIM", "TRUE",
"UNION", "UNIQUE", "UNKNOWN", "UPDATE", "UPPER", "USAGE", "USER", "USING",
"VALUE", "VALUES", "VARCHAR", "VARYING", "VIEW", "WHEN", "WHENEVER", "WHERE",
"WITH", "WORK", "WRITE", "YEAR", "ZONE"</Div></FONT></P></FORM></BODY></HTML>
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