Guys - I have got myself a list of files from a folder on xp opened in word
(it's a list of all files within my music singles folder so I can print them
off and put them with my mp3 player). However this list contains the date,
time and file size etc. (standard file view in xp) and I'm trying to delete
it to just leave track name part of the line. Is there an easy way I can just
delete the first 60 or so characters on each line of text without having to
do line by line - obviously if I try to delete a block by moving the mouse
downwards, it grabs everything right to the end of the line and highlights
that for deletion to. In other words I highlight the bits i don't want, move
the mouse downwards to the next line and the rest of the line I wanted to
keep is highlighted........a very complicated explanation of a very simple
thing methinks!!
Thanks in advance...

Use Alt+drag to column-select.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"p6steve" wrote in message
...
Guys - I have got myself a list of files from a folder on xp opened in
word
(it's a list of all files within my music singles folder so I can print
them
off and put them with my mp3 player). However this list contains the date,
time and file size etc. (standard file view in xp) and I'm trying to
delete
it to just leave track name part of the line. Is there an easy way I can
just
delete the first 60 or so characters on each line of text without having
to
do line by line - obviously if I try to delete a block by moving the mouse
downwards, it grabs everything right to the end of the line and highlights
that for deletion to. In other words I highlight the bits i don't want,
move
the mouse downwards to the next line and the rest of the line I wanted to
keep is highlighted........a very complicated explanation of a very simple
thing methinks!!
Thanks in advance...

So simple when you know how - I tried every combination of every
key...obviously not this one! Thank you....

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Use Alt+drag to column-select.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"p6steve" wrote in message
...
Guys - I have got myself a list of files from a folder on xp opened in
word
(it's a list of all files within my music singles folder so I can print
them
off and put them with my mp3 player). However this list contains the date,
time and file size etc. (standard file view in xp) and I'm trying to
delete
it to just leave track name part of the line. Is there an easy way I can
just
delete the first 60 or so characters on each line of text without having
to
do line by line - obviously if I try to delete a block by moving the mouse
downwards, it grabs everything right to the end of the line and highlights
that for deletion to. In other words I highlight the bits i don't want,
move
the mouse downwards to the next line and the rest of the line I wanted to
keep is highlighted........a very complicated explanation of a very simple
thing methinks!!
Thanks in advance...

To complicate the issue, it used to be Right-click+drag, but I forget how
many versions back that was; I guess the combination was changed when the
shortcut (right-click) menu was introduced.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"p6steve" wrote in message
...
So simple when you know how - I tried every combination of every
key...obviously not this one! Thank you....

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Use Alt+drag to column-select.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"p6steve" wrote in message
...
Guys - I have got myself a list of files from a folder on xp opened
in
word
(it's a list of all files within my music singles folder so I can
print
them
off and put them with my mp3 player). However this list contains the
date,
time and file size etc. (standard file view in xp) and I'm trying to
delete
it to just leave track name part of the line. Is there an easy way I
can
just
delete the first 60 or so characters on each line of text without
having
to
do line by line - obviously if I try to delete a block by moving the
mouse
downwards, it grabs everything right to the end of the line and
highlights
that for deletion to. In other words I highlight the bits i don't
want,
move
the mouse downwards to the next line and the rest of the line I wanted
to
keep is highlighted........a very complicated explanation of a very
simple
thing methinks!!
Thanks in advance...

[Mikey4096]

Yes, and it used to be Alt-Shift-Click in Word97. Why does MS keep changing
the hot keys?

"p6steve" wrote:

Guys - I have got myself a list of files from a folder on xp opened in word
(it's a list of all files within my music singles folder so I can print them
off and put them with my mp3 player). However this list contains the date,
time and file size etc. (standard file view in xp) and I'm trying to delete
it to just leave track name part of the line. Is there an easy way I can just
delete the first 60 or so characters on each line of text without having to
do line by line - obviously if I try to delete a block by moving the mouse
downwards, it grabs everything right to the end of the line and highlights
that for deletion to. In other words I highlight the bits i don't want, move
the mouse downwards to the next line and the rest of the line I wanted to
keep is highlighted........a very complicated explanation of a very simple
thing methinks!!
Thanks in advance...

[Luc]

Mikey,
Don't know how the document in Word looks like, but you can make a vertical
selection in Word. Press and hold down the Alt key and drag with your mouse
from top to bottom. Press delete when the selection is made.
Or you can convert the list into a table using Table - Convert - Convert
text to table - based on whatever separator has been used in the list. Then
delete the columns you do not need.
--
Luc Sanders
(MVP - PowerPoint)
"Mikey4096" schreef in bericht
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Yes, and it used to be Alt-Shift-Click in Word97. Why does MS keep
changing
the hot keys?

"p6steve" wrote:

Guys - I have got myself a list of files from a folder on xp opened in
word
(it's a list of all files within my music singles folder so I can print
them
off and put them with my mp3 player). However this list contains the
date,
time and file size etc. (standard file view in xp) and I'm trying to
delete
it to just leave track name part of the line. Is there an easy way I can
just
delete the first 60 or so characters on each line of text without having
to
do line by line - obviously if I try to delete a block by moving the
mouse
downwards, it grabs everything right to the end of the line and
highlights
that for deletion to. In other words I highlight the bits i don't want,
move
the mouse downwards to the next line and the rest of the line I wanted to
keep is highlighted........a very complicated explanation of a very
simple
thing methinks!!
Thanks in advance...