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export comments?
Is there any way to export comments in an editable format without copying
each individual comment? I want to strip all the comments from a doc and put them in another doc. Tx adrian |
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Hi
Yes, you can do this, as follows. 1. First, some preliminaries. Do File Print. At the top of that dialog, in the Name list, do you have "Generic / Text Only" as an option? If so, then continue. If not, then do Start Settings Printers and Faxes (or similar commands, depending on your version of Windows). Choose to Add a printer. When you get to the list of manufacturers, find Generic, and choose the "Generic / Text only" printer. 2. If you have Word 2000 or before, choose File Print. In the "Print what" box, choose Comments. If you have Word 2002 or later and you only want comments, and your document also holds track changes, then do the following. File Save As to make a copy of the document. Using the copy, accept all the tracked changes (which will retain the comments). Then, File Print. In the "Print What" box, choose "List of markup". 3. You're at the Print dialog, right? At the top of that dialog, in the Name drop-down list, choose Generic / Text Only. Tick "Print to file" and click OK. Word will now ask you for a file name, and it will then "print" the comments to a new document with the file name you chose. It's a good idea to use a .doc extension (eg "MyComments.doc"). You can then open the file it created and edit it like any Word document. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "DocA" wrote in message ... Is there any way to export comments in an editable format without copying each individual comment? I want to strip all the comments from a doc and put them in another doc. Tx adrian |
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In message , Shauna Kelly
writes Hi Yes, you can do this, as follows. [details snipped, but saved] Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word Shauna, I hope your response helped the original poster (Adrian). I can certainly say it's been of great help to me. I did know it was possible to print more than just the document, but I didn't know it was possible to get aspects of the doc, such as comments, into an editable form. In my case, it's hundreds of autotext entries that I've accumulated, and which need to be tidied up quite considerably. Being able to edit on screen in a single Word document is extremely useful. Very many thanks for this brilliant piece of advice! -- Elizabeth |
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Hi Elizabeth
I'm glad it helped! Shauna Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Elizabeth" wrote in message ... In message , Shauna Kelly writes Hi Yes, you can do this, as follows. [details snipped, but saved] Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word Shauna, I hope your response helped the original poster (Adrian). I can certainly say it's been of great help to me. I did know it was possible to print more than just the document, but I didn't know it was possible to get aspects of the doc, such as comments, into an editable form. In my case, it's hundreds of autotext entries that I've accumulated, and which need to be tidied up quite considerably. Being able to edit on screen in a single Word document is extremely useful. Very many thanks for this brilliant piece of advice! -- Elizabeth |
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Excellent. Thanks a lot Shauna.
Adrian "Shauna Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Yes, you can do this, as follows. 1. First, some preliminaries. Do File Print. At the top of that dialog, in the Name list, do you have "Generic / Text Only" as an option? If so, then continue. If not, then do Start Settings Printers and Faxes (or similar commands, depending on your version of Windows). Choose to Add a printer. When you get to the list of manufacturers, find Generic, and choose the "Generic / Text only" printer. 2. If you have Word 2000 or before, choose File Print. In the "Print what" box, choose Comments. If you have Word 2002 or later and you only want comments, and your document also holds track changes, then do the following. File Save As to make a copy of the document. Using the copy, accept all the tracked changes (which will retain the comments). Then, File Print. In the "Print What" box, choose "List of markup". 3. You're at the Print dialog, right? At the top of that dialog, in the Name drop-down list, choose Generic / Text Only. Tick "Print to file" and click OK. Word will now ask you for a file name, and it will then "print" the comments to a new document with the file name you chose. It's a good idea to use a .doc extension (eg "MyComments.doc"). You can then open the file it created and edit it like any Word document. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "DocA" wrote in message ... Is there any way to export comments in an editable format without copying each individual comment? I want to strip all the comments from a doc and put them in another doc. Tx adrian |
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