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italics replacement with delimiters
I have a macro that extracts footnotes out of a Word document.
It is functioning fine but I'm trying to enhance it by subbing the italicized words and phrases with some delimiters so that I can process the footnotes with some other software. So I tried this find/replace operation using the dialog box to test: find what: empty, Italics set replace with: =^&= The italicized phrases are selected okay but if I hit the replace button, the two equal signs are inserted after the phrase: italicized text== instead of =italicized text= Anybody know a solution around this? Is there some other setting or expression construct I should be using? Dave |
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It works fine here ?
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Dream wrote: I have a macro that extracts footnotes out of a Word document. It is functioning fine but I'm trying to enhance it by subbing the italicized words and phrases with some delimiters so that I can process the footnotes with some other software. So I tried this find/replace operation using the dialog box to test: find what: empty, Italics set replace with: =^&= The italicized phrases are selected okay but if I hit the replace button, the two equal signs are inserted after the phrase: italicized text== instead of =italicized text= Anybody know a solution around this? Is there some other setting or expression construct I should be using? Dave |
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Hi Dream,
I just tested on my Word 2003 installation and it works as you describe it ought. The result I get is =italicized text= Which version of Word are you using? Is the italicized text just "regular text", or is there something special about it? I have a macro that extracts footnotes out of a Word document. It is functioning fine but I'm trying to enhance it by subbing the italicized words and phrases with some delimiters so that I can process the footnotes with some other software. So I tried this find/replace operation using the dialog box to test: find what: empty, Italics set replace with: =^&= The italicized phrases are selected okay but if I hit the replace button, the two equal signs are inserted after the phrase: italicized text== instead of =italicized text= Anybody know a solution around this? Is there some other setting or expression construct I should be using? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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It might be Word 2007 beta 2. There is such a bug there, and the fix has
been stated to be in a later build. I have it on my list to confirm in B2TR whenever that arrives. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Cindy M. wrote: Hi Dream, I just tested on my Word 2003 installation and it works as you describe it ought. The result I get is =italicized text= Which version of Word are you using? Is the italicized text just "regular text", or is there something special about it? I have a macro that extracts footnotes out of a Word document. It is functioning fine but I'm trying to enhance it by subbing the italicized words and phrases with some delimiters so that I can process the footnotes with some other software. So I tried this find/replace operation using the dialog box to test: find what: empty, Italics set replace with: =^&= The italicized phrases are selected okay but if I hit the replace button, the two equal signs are inserted after the phrase: italicized text== instead of =italicized text= Anybody know a solution around this? Is there some other setting or expression construct I should be using? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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I tried my test on Word SP1.
I just tried it on a laptop with Word (not SP1) and it worked as expected. I guess I'll have to look for some later upgrades or something. Very annoying. Dave |
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Hi Dave,
I tried my test on Word SP1. I just tried it on a laptop with Word (not SP1) and it worked as expected. Word 2003 SP1? (The last four versions of Word have had SR and SP "upgrades"... The number is usually more important). FWIW, the installation I tested on has SP1 (not SP2) installed. As the next trouble-shooting step, I'd try starting Word in Safe Mode (hold the CTRL key down). If it works as it ought in Safe Mode, then you most likely have an Addin that's interfering with the functionality. The next thing to try is booting Windows in Safe Mode. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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