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I have a somewhat large size document (250 pages) that is basically a script
for a play. Is there a way to automatically highlight text so that the individual characters can easily spot their lines? Every speaking line begins with the character name and a colon ("John:"). In between the speaking lines are additional text, movements, etc... there are about 8 main characters. Thanks! Jonathan |
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Are you wanting to highlight all the dialog lines or specific ones for each
character! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jonathan Horvath" wrote in message ... I have a somewhat large size document (250 pages) that is basically a script for a play. Is there a way to automatically highlight text so that the individual characters can easily spot their lines? Every speaking line begins with the character name and a colon ("John:"). In between the speaking lines are additional text, movements, etc... there are about 8 main characters. Thanks! Jonathan |
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all of them.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you wanting to highlight all the dialog lines or specific ones for each character! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jonathan Horvath" wrote in message ... I have a somewhat large size document (250 pages) that is basically a script for a play. Is there a way to automatically highlight text so that the individual characters can easily spot their lines? Every speaking line begins with the character name and a colon ("John:"). In between the speaking lines are additional text, movements, etc... there are about 8 main characters. Thanks! Jonathan |
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In that case, I would advise defining a style for the dialog that is
different from the rest of the document (this would be the efficient way to create it in the first place--with specific styles for dialog, stage directions, scene numbers, etc.) You can either make that style Bold or in a larger font size or apply a background color (shading) to the text; actual highlighting can't be defined as part of a style, but you can retroactively highlight paragraphs in a given style using Find to search for the style and then apply the highlight. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jonathan Horvath" wrote in message ... all of them. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you wanting to highlight all the dialog lines or specific ones for each character? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jonathan Horvath" wrote in message ... I have a somewhat large size document (250 pages) that is basically a script for a play. Is there a way to automatically highlight text so that the individual characters can easily spot their lines? Every speaking line begins with the character name and a colon ("John:"). In between the speaking lines are additional text, movements, etc... there are about 8 main characters. Thanks! Jonathan |
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If you want to hand each actor a copy with their own lines highlighted
(either with a Highlight color or with bold or larger size or some such), you could do a Wild Card search where what you put in the find box is the character's name and colon, then *^13 (which means "everything until the next paragraph break"). Go to More and check "Use wildcards." In the Replace box, go to More Format and choose your marking device -- Highlight color from Highlight, Bold from Font (or type Ctrl-B), etc. Then test it by clicking Find Next and Replace. NB I have NOT tried this; I'm extrapolating from similar instructions given me here a few weeks ago. If a speech could be more than one paragraph long, then in the Find box, type whatever signals the break before the next character, such as two paragraph breaks. If you want to drive your cast crazy, you could use this method to highlight each character's lines with a different color. (Up to 12 colors, IIRC.) On Nov 24, 1:40*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: In that case, I would advise defining a style for the dialog that is different from the rest of the document (this would be the efficient way to create it in the first place--with specific styles for dialog, stage directions, scene numbers, etc.) You can either make that style Bold or in a larger font size or apply a background color (shading) to the text; actual highlighting can't be defined as part of a style, but you can retroactively highlight paragraphs in a given style using Find to search for the style and then apply the highlight. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jonathan Horvath" wrote in ... all of them. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you wanting to highlight all the dialog lines or specific ones for each character? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jonathan Horvath" wrote in ... I have a somewhat large size document (250 pages) that is basically a script for a play. Is there a way to automatically highlight text so that the individual characters can easily spot their lines? Every speaking line begins with the character name and a colon ("John:"). In between the speaking lines are additional text, movements, etc... there are about 8 main characters. |
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Yes, this worked. Thanks!
Jonathan "grammatim" wrote: If you want to hand each actor a copy with their own lines highlighted (either with a Highlight color or with bold or larger size or some such), you could do a Wild Card search where what you put in the find box is the character's name and colon, then *^13 (which means "everything until the next paragraph break"). Go to More and check "Use wildcards." In the Replace box, go to More Format and choose your marking device -- Highlight color from Highlight, Bold from Font (or type Ctrl-B), etc. Then test it by clicking Find Next and Replace. NB I have NOT tried this; I'm extrapolating from similar instructions given me here a few weeks ago. If a speech could be more than one paragraph long, then in the Find box, type whatever signals the break before the next character, such as two paragraph breaks. If you want to drive your cast crazy, you could use this method to highlight each character's lines with a different color. (Up to 12 colors, IIRC.) On Nov 24, 1:40 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: In that case, I would advise defining a style for the dialog that is different from the rest of the document (this would be the efficient way to create it in the first place--with specific styles for dialog, stage directions, scene numbers, etc.) You can either make that style Bold or in a larger font size or apply a background color (shading) to the text; actual highlighting can't be defined as part of a style, but you can retroactively highlight paragraphs in a given style using Find to search for the style and then apply the highlight. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jonathan Horvath" wrote in ... all of them. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you wanting to highlight all the dialog lines or specific ones for each character? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jonathan Horvath" wrote in ... I have a somewhat large size document (250 pages) that is basically a script for a play. Is there a way to automatically highlight text so that the individual characters can easily spot their lines? Every speaking line begins with the character name and a colon ("John:"). In between the speaking lines are additional text, movements, etc... there are about 8 main characters. |
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