Add spans around each word then add a hover and italicize words with the letter t.

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ var newText = $("p").text().split(" ").join("</span> <span>"); newText = "<span>" + newText + "</span>"; $("p").html(newText) .find("span") .hover(function () { $(this).addClass("hilite"); }, function () { $(this).removeClass("hilite"); }) .end() .find(":contains('t')") .css({"font-style":"italic", "font-weight":"bolder"}); }); </script> <style> p { font-size:20px; width:200px; cursor:default; color:blue; font-weight:bold; margin:0 10px; } .hilite { background:yellow; } </style> </head> <body> <p> When the day is short find that which matters to you or stop believing </p> </body> </html>
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