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Subject: Need a utility written...
Category: Computers > Programming
Asked by: barryf-ga
List Price: $21.00
Posted: 18 Sep 2004 11:41 PDT
Expires: 19 Sep 2004 09:38 PDT
Question ID: 402955
Hello -

Need a researcher/programmer to whip up a utility I can run under XP.

I have several Microsoft Word documents: each of them are songs
containing lyrics with chords, all written in Times New Roman, arial,
or some other non-fixed-width font.  For example, here's what a few
lines would look like:

C         D         G
HERE IS A SONG WITH LYRICS
    C       D             G
AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE

I need the documents to be converted to a fixed width font such as
courier, but the position of the chords remains the same relative to
the lyrics underneath.  I can't just highlight the entire document and
switch the text to courier because the chords end up moving out of
sync in relation to the lyrics.

So I need an executable program I can run on XP which will convert an
MS Word document to a fixed width font such as courier, but retain the
relative position of the chords in relation to the words underneath. 
It would be great if the program could run in batch mode, to convert
multiple files in one fell swoop.  No fancy buttons or interface
needed.  It could simply be a command-line program.

The reason I need this program written is so that I can simply cut and
paste these documents into another program that will allow me to
transpose them into another key easily, for a songbook.

If a researcher/programmer could write this and provide a link to the
program to download, that would be excellent.

Please let me know if you need any clarification.

Thanks!
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