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Automatically Removing Certain Entries
For simple things like the ht, I just go to Edit | Replace and put only a
space in the replace box.... "Ralph" wrote: There are these certain entries, date/time stamp entries to be axact, on some documents that I use that I would LOVE to be able to automatically remove them all with some cool macro or something but I'm not too good with these things. Here is a sample of the text: "[4/9/2005 2:30:33 PM] ht On 3/29 MG775 fell below sma200.. and stayed there for the last week.. waiting for another shoe to drop. [4/9/2005 2:31:55 PM] ht Thursday AH USFC lowered Guidance .. a lot. They cited 3 reasons for the shortfall. [4/9/2005 2:32:17 PM] ht Top was slower Auto Sector business." What I would love to be able to remove automatically from these entries are these parts "[4/9/2005 2:30:33 PM] ht", "[4/9/2005 2:31:55 PM] ht", "[4/9/2005 2:32:17 PM] ht" A solution to this problem would be very gratefully appreciated, would make my life all the easier. THANKS!! |
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that wont work because each entry to be removed is slightly different, i.e. a
different time on the time stamp, read my post again and look at the example, thank you for responding "jannwebb" wrote: For simple things like the ht, I just go to Edit | Replace and put only a space in the replace box.... "Ralph" wrote: There are these certain entries, date/time stamp entries to be axact, on some documents that I use that I would LOVE to be able to automatically remove them all with some cool macro or something but I'm not too good with these things. Here is a sample of the text: "[4/9/2005 2:30:33 PM] ht On 3/29 MG775 fell below sma200.. and stayed there for the last week.. waiting for another shoe to drop. [4/9/2005 2:31:55 PM] ht Thursday AH USFC lowered Guidance .. a lot. They cited 3 reasons for the shortfall. [4/9/2005 2:32:17 PM] ht Top was slower Auto Sector business." What I would love to be able to remove automatically from these entries are these parts "[4/9/2005 2:30:33 PM] ht", "[4/9/2005 2:31:55 PM] ht", "[4/9/2005 2:32:17 PM] ht" A solution to this problem would be very gratefully appreciated, would make my life all the easier. THANKS!! |
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Study how to use wildcards in Find & Replace, which will let you set up a
code to delete the text between brackets, or use some other standard pattern. Start he http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm One of the wildcard search experts might come along with more specific help. On 4/10/05 2:03 PM, "Ralph" wrote: that wont work because each entry to be removed is slightly different, i.e. a different time on the time stamp, read my post again and look at the example, thank you for responding "jannwebb" wrote: For simple things like the ht, I just go to Edit | Replace and put only a space in the replace box.... "Ralph" wrote: There are these certain entries, date/time stamp entries to be axact, on some documents that I use that I would LOVE to be able to automatically remove them all with some cool macro or something but I'm not too good with these things. Here is a sample of the text: "[4/9/2005 2:30:33 PM] ht On 3/29 MG775 fell below sma200.. and stayed there for the last week.. waiting for another shoe to drop. [4/9/2005 2:31:55 PM] ht Thursday AH USFC lowered Guidance .. a lot. They cited 3 reasons for the shortfall. [4/9/2005 2:32:17 PM] ht Top was slower Auto Sector business." What I would love to be able to remove automatically from these entries are these parts "[4/9/2005 2:30:33 PM] ht", "[4/9/2005 2:31:55 PM] ht", "[4/9/2005 2:32:17 PM] ht" A solution to this problem would be very gratefully appreciated, would make my life all the easier. THANKS!! -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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I seem to recall answering this previously, but the start of the thread has
lapsed, however a wildcard search for \[*\] \ht\[ ] replace with nothing will do the trick, or by macro:- Sub StripDates() Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory Selection.Find.ClearFormatting Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting With Selection.Find .Text = "\[*\] \ht\ " .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchAllWordForms = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchWildcards = True End With Selection.Find.Execute replace:=wdReplaceAll End Sub -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Daiya Mitchell wrote: Study how to use wildcards in Find & Replace, which will let you set up a code to delete the text between brackets, or use some other standard pattern. Start he http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm One of the wildcard search experts might come along with more specific help. On 4/10/05 2:03 PM, "Ralph" wrote: that wont work because each entry to be removed is slightly different, i.e. a different time on the time stamp, read my post again and look at the example, thank you for responding "jannwebb" wrote: For simple things like the ht, I just go to Edit | Replace and put only a space in the replace box.... "Ralph" wrote: There are these certain entries, date/time stamp entries to be axact, on some documents that I use that I would LOVE to be able to automatically remove them all with some cool macro or something but I'm not too good with these things. Here is a sample of the text: "[4/9/2005 2:30:33 PM] ht On 3/29 MG775 fell below sma200.. and stayed there for the last week.. waiting for another shoe to drop. [4/9/2005 2:31:55 PM] ht Thursday AH USFC lowered Guidance .. a lot. They cited 3 reasons for the shortfall. [4/9/2005 2:32:17 PM] ht Top was slower Auto Sector business." What I would love to be able to remove automatically from these entries are these parts "[4/9/2005 2:30:33 PM] ht", "[4/9/2005 2:31:55 PM] ht", "[4/9/2005 2:32:17 PM] ht" A solution to this problem would be very gratefully appreciated, would make my life all the easier. THANKS!! |
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