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Default How to automatically extract selected text to a new document


I want to create an encyclopedia document full of boilerplate sections. The
user will then go through this document, identifying somehow the sections
he/she is interested in, and then "push a button" and all the sections are
extracted to a new document. Contrary to what this post title implies, I
don't want to have to individually select each piece of text and then
copy-and-paste or drag-and-drop it to the new document. I want all selected
sections to be moved all at once in one step.

A reasonable interface for the user to identify desired sections seems to be
to use a checkbox. However, I don't know how to define the scope of text
associated with that checkbox, nor how to do the actual extraction to the new
document. I'm not aware that this is a standard feature in Word, so I'm
assuming some amount of macro or post-processing will be needed. Any ideas
about how to do this?

Thanks
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