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Subject:
Word Macro Command
Category: Computers Asked by: buddyt-ga List Price: $3.00 |
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21 Oct 2005 15:17 PDT
Expires: 20 Nov 2005 14:17 PST Question ID: 583262 |
I would like to create a macro in Word that will select all the text between certain parts of the document. For example, I would like to be able to search for quotation marks and then select all the text between that first set of quotation marks and a next set of quotation marks. One idea would be to ctrl f for quotation marks, bookmark as temp 1, search again, bookmark as temp2 and then select all text in between the two bookmarks. The problem is I don't know how to select all text between bookmarks. Any other solution which will allow me to repeatedly select text between two searchable characters will be considered an answer. |
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Re: Word Macro Command
From: barneca-ga on 21 Oct 2005 18:42 PDT |
No macro is necessary. To select the text between any two characters (say Q and X), bring up the Find dialog box, make sure the ?Use Wildcards? box is checked, and type Q*X in the Find What box. When you Find Next, the Q, X, and everything in between will be selected. It?s slightly trickier with quotation marks. "Straight quotes" are easy, but if you have ?opening and closing? quotes, they can?t be typed directly into the Find what box. However, if you cut and paste ?*? from your Word document into the Find What box, it works fine. This works in Word 2000. I assume it works in other versions. If not, well, with free comments you sometimes get what you pay for. -cab |
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Re: Word Macro Command
From: ferret13-ga on 23 Oct 2005 20:58 PDT |
That's great, and I was not aware of that feature. But note that it DOES select the search characters as well as the text in-between. Not sure if that is a problem for the requester or not. I could write VBA code for exactly what you want, but it would take me about 1 hour. Somebody who can do it much faster could help you for $3 perhaps, but good luck with that as programmers charge more for their time. But someone might want to do it for fun. You need to indicate if the search characters will be fixed (Always quotation marks) or need to vary, in which case there needs to be an Input Box. |
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Re: Word Macro Command
From: buddyt-ga on 24 Oct 2005 08:40 PDT |
Super, this worked great. I don't really understand the difference in "answers" and "comments" on Google Answers, but I regard this as an answer, so I will be happy to pay. Does it have to be an "answer" before I can pay, and what makes it an "answer"? |
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Re: Word Macro Command
From: barneca-ga on 24 Oct 2005 13:50 PDT |
Answers vs. Comments: Everyone can Comment; only Google Researchers can Answer. You have to prove to the Google Powers That Be that you're smart before you can be a Researcher; you just have to think you're smart to Comment. Comments are free, Answers cost money. I'm not a Researcher, just a mere mortal, but I ran into that exact problem a couple of weeks ago, so I thought I'd de-lurk and help out. -cab |
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