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Is there a good way to generate a list of acronyms in Word 2007?
I have a Word document that contains a bunch of acronyms sprinkled throughout
the document. Is there an automatic way to search through the document for all the acronyms used and generate a acronym list that I can then include definitions for? I thought maybe there was a field code for this but it doesn't seem to be one specifically aimed at acronyms. Thanks! |
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Is there a good way to generate a list of acronyms in Word 2007?
Hello cvarner
cvarner wrote: I have a Word document that contains a bunch of acronyms sprinkled throughout the document. Is there an automatic way to search through the document for all the acronyms used and generate a acronym list that I can then include definitions for? I thought maybe there was a field code for this but it doesn't seem to be one specifically aimed at acronyms. I'm not aware of any built-in way to generate such a list. Maybe an index comes closest: you mark each entry in the book (XE field), then generate an index from these (INDEX field), unlink the result and then add the definitions. But this isn't dynamic anymore. Plus: the effort to mark the word and create a index probably exceeds the simple copy/paste into your won acronym list. If there is a given syntax that all acronyms match (like: always upper case letters), a macro might be devised to search the whole document and insert such acronyms into a list at the end. 0.2ΒΆ Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MSFT | \ / | MVP | Scientific Reports X Against HTML | for | with Word? / \ in e-mail & news | Word | http://www.masteringword.eu/ |
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Is there a good way to generate a list of acronyms in Word 2007?
Third-party software may be the way to go. Look into AcroWizard. It collects
acronyms and their spellouts (definitions), suggests definitions (from a local database or the web), and puts the acronyms and definitions in a table with indicators for definition found in document, verification needed (for its suggested definitions) , and definitions not found. It also has a few editing tools such as find first occurrence. It is not free. PamC cvarner wrote: I have a Word document that contains a bunch of acronyms sprinkled throughout the document. Is there an automatic way to search through the document for all the acronyms used and generate a acronym list that I can then include definitions for? I thought maybe there was a field code for this but it doesn't seem to be one specifically aimed at acronyms. Thanks! -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com |
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Is there a good way to generate a list of acronyms in Word 2007?
There's a macro on my web site http://www.gmayor.com/word_vba_examples.htm
that will extract Acronyms from a document - albeit with some provisos listed on the page. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org cvarner wrote: I have a Word document that contains a bunch of acronyms sprinkled throughout the document. Is there an automatic way to search through the document for all the acronyms used and generate a acronym list that I can then include definitions for? I thought maybe there was a field code for this but it doesn't seem to be one specifically aimed at acronyms. Thanks! |
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