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I am using MS word 2007. I write a huge number of letters with different reference No. and subjects (these fields are in text format). I would like to extract this data from every document saved on the computer and make a database of it in access or excel or even word, which ever is simple and possible. How do I go about it? It is like the opposite of mail merge! -- agarwalsau |
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How and where exactly is this information stored in the documents? Is it
always in the same place? How can it be identified? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org agarwalsau wrote: I am using MS word 2007. I write a huge number of letters with different reference No. and subjects (these fields are in text format). I would like to extract this data from every document saved on the computer and make a database of it in access or excel or even word, which ever is simple and possible. How do I go about it? It is like the opposite of mail merge! |
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Graham Mayor;2170443 Wrote: How and where exactly is this information stored in the documents? Is it always in the same place? How can it be identified? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org agarwalsau wrote:- I am using MS word 2007. I write a huge number of letters with different reference No. and subjects (these fields are in text format). I would like to extract this data from every document saved on the computer and make a database of it in access or excel or even word, which ever is simple and possible. How do I go about it? It is like the opposite of mail merge! - Yes all documents are on the same template with a reference line as the first line at the top and a subject line after the address line in the template starting with the word subject -- agarwalsau |
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The reference that you want to extract is the very first line of the
document? Then there is an address? How many lines does the address take? Then there is a subject that you want to store? Can you mail me a sample document to the link on my web site home page and tell me *exactly* what you want to store? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org agarwalsau wrote: Graham Mayor;2170443 Wrote: How and where exactly is this information stored in the documents? Is it always in the same place? How can it be identified? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org agarwalsau wrote:- I am using MS word 2007. I write a huge number of letters with different reference No. and subjects (these fields are in text format). I would like to extract this data from every document saved on the computer and make a database of it in access or excel or even word, which ever is simple and possible. How do I go about it? It is like the opposite of mail merge! - Yes all documents are on the same template with a reference line as the first line at the top and a subject line after the address line in the template starting with the word subject |
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Graham Mayor;2174658 Wrote: The reference that you want to extract is the very first line of the document? Then there is an address? How many lines does the address take? Then there is a subject that you want to store? Can you mail me a sample document to the link on my web site home page and tell me *exactly* what you want to store? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org agarwalsau wrote:- Graham Mayor;2170443 Wrote:- How and where exactly is this information stored in the documents? Is it always in the same place? How can it be identified? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org agarwalsau wrote:- I am using MS word 2007. I write a huge number of letters with different reference No. and subjects (these fields are in text format). I would like to extract this data from every document saved on the computer and make a database of it in access or excel or even word, which ever is simple and possible. How do I go about it? It is like the opposite of mail merge! -- Yes all documents are on the same template with a reference line as the first line at the top and a subject line after the address line in the template starting with the word subject - Thanx for the macro. It works perfectly, but had to fine tune it according to my requirement, as after running the macro i realized that some doc didin't have either the reference or the subject. Secondly the subject line sometimes started with "sub:", Also there were times when body of the letter had the word "subject" or the reference to the reference no of another letter . But fixing the macro to take care of all that was easy once you have the basic framework. Permit me to post the macro on the forum as i know it would be very useful in huge number of other applications. One of them I have realized is:- that now i can get/extract a mailing list from all my letters itself. Thanx once again -- agarwalsau |
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Extacting data from word document
I did ask if all the documents were the same
 I'll post the basic code on my web site for future reference. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Yes all documents are on the same template with a reference line as the first line at the top and a subject line after the address line in the template starting with the word subject - Thanx for the macro. It works perfectly, but had to fine tune it according to my requirement, as after running the macro i realized that some doc didin't have either the reference or the subject. Secondly the subject line sometimes started with "sub:", Also there were times when body of the letter had the word "subject" or the reference to the reference no of another letter . But fixing the macro to take care of all that was easy once you have the basic framework. Permit me to post the macro on the forum as i know it would be very useful in huge number of other applications. One of them I have realized is:- that now i can get/extract a mailing list from all my letters itself. Thanx once again |
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