[Luke]

Hi All,
In word 2007 I have a very large file open which is lines of a backup script.

I am trying to isolate all of the lines which start with the phrase
'source=' and highlight them. In this way I can copy them and paste them into
a new document, which will just show me all of the source folders, making it
easier for me to go through what we are backing up.

I know I can find all and highlight the 'source=' phrase with reading
highlight, but I cant copy all of those.. and it also wont highlight the
whole line.. it only highlights the phrase 'source='.

Does anyone know if its possible to do what I am trying to do and if so.. how?

Cheers,
Luke

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Use a macro containing the following code:

Dim source As Document, target As Document
Set source = ActiveDocument
Set target = Documents.Add
source.Activate
Selection.HomeKey wdStory
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
Do While .Execute(FindText:="source=", Forward:=True, _
MatchWildcards:=False, Wrap:=wdFindStop, MatchCase:=False) = True
target.Range.InsertAfter Selection.Bookmarks("\line").Range.Text &
vbCr
Selection.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
Selection.MoveRight wdCharacter, 1
Loop
End With
target.Activate

While it does not do exactly what you asked for, I believe that it gives you
what you want.


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"Luke" wrote in message
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Hi All,
In word 2007 I have a very large file open which is lines of a backup
script.

I am trying to isolate all of the lines which start with the phrase
'source=' and highlight them. In this way I can copy them and paste them
into
a new document, which will just show me all of the source folders, making
it
easier for me to go through what we are backing up.

I know I can find all and highlight the 'source=' phrase with reading
highlight, but I cant copy all of those.. and it also wont highlight the
whole line.. it only highlights the phrase 'source='.

Does anyone know if its possible to do what I am trying to do and if so..
how?

Cheers,
Luke

[Luke]

Thanks for your response! However I dont know anything about Macros.. I tried
pasting this into the macros window in word 2007 but I get a 'compile error:
invalid outside procedure'

I had a look at help but I think I actually got dumber trying to figure out
what is going on

Could you let me know where this code goes to make it work?

Thanks again for your help

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Use a macro containing the following code:

Dim source As Document, target As Document
Set source = ActiveDocument
Set target = Documents.Add
source.Activate
Selection.HomeKey wdStory
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
Do While .Execute(FindText:="source=", Forward:=True, _
MatchWildcards:=False, Wrap:=wdFindStop, MatchCase:=False) = True
target.Range.InsertAfter Selection.Bookmarks("\line").Range.Text &
vbCr
Selection.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
Selection.MoveRight wdCharacter, 1
Loop
End With
target.Activate

While it does not do exactly what you asked for, I believe that it gives you
what you want.


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
"Luke" wrote in message
news
Hi All,
In word 2007 I have a very large file open which is lines of a backup
script.

I am trying to isolate all of the lines which start with the phrase
'source=' and highlight them. In this way I can copy them and paste them
into
a new document, which will just show me all of the source folders, making
it
easier for me to go through what we are backing up.

I know I can find all and highlight the 'source=' phrase with reading
highlight, but I cant copy all of those.. and it also wont highlight the
whole line.. it only highlights the phrase 'source='.

Does anyone know if its possible to do what I am trying to do and if so..
how?

Cheers,
Luke

[Jay Freedman]

It's like Doug gave you the filling for a sandwich and left you to supply the
bread. It needs a "Sub" line at the beginning and an "End Sub" line at the end.
Follow the instructions at http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm to get
this working.

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On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:42:01 -0700, Luke wrote:

Thanks for your response! However I dont know anything about Macros.. I tried
pasting this into the macros window in word 2007 but I get a 'compile error:
invalid outside procedure'

I had a look at help but I think I actually got dumber trying to figure out
what is going on

Could you let me know where this code goes to make it work?

Thanks again for your help

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Use a macro containing the following code:

Dim source As Document, target As Document
Set source = ActiveDocument
Set target = Documents.Add
source.Activate
Selection.HomeKey wdStory
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
Do While .Execute(FindText:="source=", Forward:=True, _
MatchWildcards:=False, Wrap:=wdFindStop, MatchCase:=False) = True
target.Range.InsertAfter Selection.Bookmarks("\line").Range.Text &
vbCr
Selection.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
Selection.MoveRight wdCharacter, 1
Loop
End With
target.Activate

While it does not do exactly what you asked for, I believe that it gives you
what you want.


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
"Luke" wrote in message
news
Hi All,
In word 2007 I have a very large file open which is lines of a backup
script.

I am trying to isolate all of the lines which start with the phrase
'source=' and highlight them. In this way I can copy them and paste them
into
a new document, which will just show me all of the source folders, making
it
easier for me to go through what we are backing up.

I know I can find all and highlight the 'source=' phrase with reading
highlight, but I cant copy all of those.. and it also wont highlight the
whole line.. it only highlights the phrase 'source='.

Does anyone know if its possible to do what I am trying to do and if so..
how?

Cheers,
Luke

[Luke]

Thank you both very much for your help!!! A bit of fiddling around with the
macro thingy and it works now..

Excellent