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As a matter of fact, I didn't ignore your suggestion, Greg. It was the first
thing I tried, and it didn't work. The find and replace didn't replace anything. "Greg Maxey" wrote: I have offered you a possible solution that so far you have choosen to ignore. Provided you can define your list of 7000 words in a simple table with the same 7000 words listed as both the find and replace word as then the Add-in will do it in fairly short order. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. jezzica85 wrote: I probably should have said this before (sheepish shrug) but I have almost 7000 words to go through. Is there a way to do them with AutoCorrect without needing to enter each one individually? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't think AutoCorrect will really do what you're thinking about, but see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm -- 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. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Thanks John, but I can't seem to find this. Is it only in certain versions of Word? I have XP. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: Hi Jezzica: Yes, you can do this with AutoCorrect. Study the topic "Create an AutoCorrect entry to store and automatically insert text and graphics" in the Help. You need to enter the words you want to search for in your AutoCorrect list, and replace them with the same word highlighted. Make sure you choose the "Formatted" options or the highlighting won't come in. Forget macros for this task. You would need to be a seriously good programmer to make a macro to do this. Ask Jezebel if s/he will send you one, because I have never seen a macro that could do this with acceptable performance :-) Hope this helps On 1/4/06 2:08 PM, in article , "jezzica85" wrote: That would be perfect! I have no idea how to write or use macros, though, could you possibly direct me to one and give me pointers on how to use it? Thanks! "Jezebel" wrote: You can't do *anything* automatically while you type, other than autocorrect which isn't going to help you here. You could write a macro that reads words from a file or table, searches for them in another document, and formats them in a special way. Would that help? "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Hi all, does anyone know, if you have a file of words you want to keep track of, if there's a way to automatically highlight those words in another file, or to put those words in a table in the other file, then automatically highlight them as they're typed or they already appear in the document? Thanks! -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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Sorry Suzanne, I couldn't get this to work either. Thank you so much for
trying, I'm just horrendous when it comes to macros. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...utocorrect.htm offers a backup/restore macro that produces a plain-text list of AutoCorrect entries, so presumably it would be possible to merge your list with this one, then use it to "restore" your AutoCorrect entries. -- 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. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... I probably should have said this before (sheepish shrug) but I have almost 7000 words to go through. Is there a way to do them with AutoCorrect without needing to enter each one individually? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't think AutoCorrect will really do what you're thinking about, but see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm -- 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. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Thanks John, but I can't seem to find this. Is it only in certain versions of Word? I have XP. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: Hi Jezzica: Yes, you can do this with AutoCorrect. Study the topic "Create an AutoCorrect entry to store and automatically insert text and graphics" in the Help. You need to enter the words you want to search for in your AutoCorrect list, and replace them with the same word highlighted. Make sure you choose the "Formatted" options or the highlighting won't come in. Forget macros for this task. You would need to be a seriously good programmer to make a macro to do this. Ask Jezebel if s/he will send you one, because I have never seen a macro that could do this with acceptable performance :-) Hope this helps On 1/4/06 2:08 PM, in article , "jezzica85" wrote: That would be perfect! I have no idea how to write or use macros, though, could you possibly direct me to one and give me pointers on how to use it? Thanks! "Jezebel" wrote: You can't do *anything* automatically while you type, other than autocorrect which isn't going to help you here. You could write a macro that reads words from a file or table, searches for them in another document, and formats them in a special way. Would that help? "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Hi all, does anyone know, if you have a file of words you want to keep track of, if there's a way to automatically highlight those words in another file, or to put those words in a table in the other file, then automatically highlight them as they're typed or they already appear in the document? Thanks! -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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That is odd. I just downloaded the template and gave it a try. I typed:
"One two three four five" in the document and then used the "a Quicklist I create now" option. I typed "One two three four five" in the Find column and the Replace column, saved the file and close it. Then checked "Highlight" and "Go". Result: One two three four five was highlighted in the document. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... As a matter of fact, I didn't ignore your suggestion, Greg. It was the first thing I tried, and it didn't work. The find and replace didn't replace anything. "Greg Maxey" wrote: I have offered you a possible solution that so far you have choosen to ignore. Provided you can define your list of 7000 words in a simple table with the same 7000 words listed as both the find and replace word as then the Add-in will do it in fairly short order. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. jezzica85 wrote: I probably should have said this before (sheepish shrug) but I have almost 7000 words to go through. Is there a way to do them with AutoCorrect without needing to enter each one individually? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't think AutoCorrect will really do what you're thinking about, but see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm -- 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. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Thanks John, but I can't seem to find this. Is it only in certain versions of Word? I have XP. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: Hi Jezzica: Yes, you can do this with AutoCorrect. Study the topic "Create an AutoCorrect entry to store and automatically insert text and graphics" in the Help. You need to enter the words you want to search for in your AutoCorrect list, and replace them with the same word highlighted. Make sure you choose the "Formatted" options or the highlighting won't come in. Forget macros for this task. You would need to be a seriously good programmer to make a macro to do this. Ask Jezebel if s/he will send you one, because I have never seen a macro that could do this with acceptable performance :-) Hope this helps On 1/4/06 2:08 PM, in article , "jezzica85" wrote: That would be perfect! I have no idea how to write or use macros, though, could you possibly direct me to one and give me pointers on how to use it? Thanks! "Jezebel" wrote: You can't do *anything* automatically while you type, other than autocorrect which isn't going to help you here. You could write a macro that reads words from a file or table, searches for them in another document, and formats them in a special way. Would that help? "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Hi all, does anyone know, if you have a file of words you want to keep track of, if there's a way to automatically highlight those words in another file, or to put those words in a table in the other file, then automatically highlight them as they're typed or they already appear in the document? Thanks! -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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Thanks for trying Greg, I redownloaded the macro and it still won't work for
me. Maybe it's my computer. "Greg Maxey" wrote: That is odd. I just downloaded the template and gave it a try. I typed: "One two three four five" in the document and then used the "a Quicklist I create now" option. I typed "One two three four five" in the Find column and the Replace column, saved the file and close it. Then checked "Highlight" and "Go". Result: One two three four five was highlighted in the document. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... As a matter of fact, I didn't ignore your suggestion, Greg. It was the first thing I tried, and it didn't work. The find and replace didn't replace anything. "Greg Maxey" wrote: I have offered you a possible solution that so far you have choosen to ignore. Provided you can define your list of 7000 words in a simple table with the same 7000 words listed as both the find and replace word as then the Add-in will do it in fairly short order. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. jezzica85 wrote: I probably should have said this before (sheepish shrug) but I have almost 7000 words to go through. Is there a way to do them with AutoCorrect without needing to enter each one individually? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't think AutoCorrect will really do what you're thinking about, but see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm -- 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. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Thanks John, but I can't seem to find this. Is it only in certain versions of Word? I have XP. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: Hi Jezzica: Yes, you can do this with AutoCorrect. Study the topic "Create an AutoCorrect entry to store and automatically insert text and graphics" in the Help. You need to enter the words you want to search for in your AutoCorrect list, and replace them with the same word highlighted. Make sure you choose the "Formatted" options or the highlighting won't come in. Forget macros for this task. You would need to be a seriously good programmer to make a macro to do this. Ask Jezebel if s/he will send you one, because I have never seen a macro that could do this with acceptable performance :-) Hope this helps On 1/4/06 2:08 PM, in article , "jezzica85" wrote: That would be perfect! I have no idea how to write or use macros, though, could you possibly direct me to one and give me pointers on how to use it? Thanks! "Jezebel" wrote: You can't do *anything* automatically while you type, other than autocorrect which isn't going to help you here. You could write a macro that reads words from a file or table, searches for them in another document, and formats them in a special way. Would that help? "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Hi all, does anyone know, if you have a file of words you want to keep track of, if there's a way to automatically highlight those words in another file, or to put those words in a table in the other file, then automatically highlight them as they're typed or they already appear in the document? Thanks! -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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jezzica,
While I was napping John replied to your last post superbly ;-). We need to establish exactly what it is that you are trying to do and where in that process the macro falls short. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Thanks for trying Greg, I redownloaded the macro and it still won't work for me. Maybe it's my computer. "Greg Maxey" wrote: That is odd. I just downloaded the template and gave it a try. I typed: "One two three four five" in the document and then used the "a Quicklist I create now" option. I typed "One two three four five" in the Find column and the Replace column, saved the file and close it. Then checked "Highlight" and "Go". Result: One two three four five was highlighted in the document. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... As a matter of fact, I didn't ignore your suggestion, Greg. It was the first thing I tried, and it didn't work. The find and replace didn't replace anything. "Greg Maxey" wrote: I have offered you a possible solution that so far you have choosen to ignore. Provided you can define your list of 7000 words in a simple table with the same 7000 words listed as both the find and replace word as then the Add-in will do it in fairly short order. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. jezzica85 wrote: I probably should have said this before (sheepish shrug) but I have almost 7000 words to go through. Is there a way to do them with AutoCorrect without needing to enter each one individually? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't think AutoCorrect will really do what you're thinking about, but see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm -- 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. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Thanks John, but I can't seem to find this. Is it only in certain versions of Word? I have XP. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: Hi Jezzica: Yes, you can do this with AutoCorrect. Study the topic "Create an AutoCorrect entry to store and automatically insert text and graphics" in the Help. You need to enter the words you want to search for in your AutoCorrect list, and replace them with the same word highlighted. Make sure you choose the "Formatted" options or the highlighting won't come in. Forget macros for this task. You would need to be a seriously good programmer to make a macro to do this. Ask Jezebel if s/he will send you one, because I have never seen a macro that could do this with acceptable performance :-) Hope this helps On 1/4/06 2:08 PM, in article , "jezzica85" wrote: That would be perfect! I have no idea how to write or use macros, though, could you possibly direct me to one and give me pointers on how to use it? Thanks! "Jezebel" wrote: You can't do *anything* automatically while you type, other than autocorrect which isn't going to help you here. You could write a macro that reads words from a file or table, searches for them in another document, and formats them in a special way. Would that help? "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Hi all, does anyone know, if you have a file of words you want to keep track of, if there's a way to automatically highlight those words in another file, or to put those words in a table in the other file, then automatically highlight them as they're typed or they already appear in the document? Thanks! -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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OK, let's give it a shot. I made the word list in the predefined words, with
the find and replace columns identical except for the replace column being red instead of black. What I want to do is whenever a word in the find column appears in my document, I want to replace it with the red version. The macro sort of seems to run if I have a very small list of words, say 8 or 10, but it doesn't replace with the red, it looks like it replaces with the same word, same formatting, when I need the same word with the new formatting. If I entered in anything more than 15 words, it would tell me that the string parameter is too long. I've tried it so far in the predefined list setting and the quicklist setting, and both of them do that. Maybe 7000 words is just too long for the macro? It's probably some small thing I'm doing wrong. "Greg Maxey" wrote: jezzica, While I was napping John replied to your last post superbly ;-). We need to establish exactly what it is that you are trying to do and where in that process the macro falls short. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Thanks for trying Greg, I redownloaded the macro and it still won't work for me. Maybe it's my computer. "Greg Maxey" wrote: That is odd. I just downloaded the template and gave it a try. I typed: "One two three four five" in the document and then used the "a Quicklist I create now" option. I typed "One two three four five" in the Find column and the Replace column, saved the file and close it. Then checked "Highlight" and "Go". Result: One two three four five was highlighted in the document. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... As a matter of fact, I didn't ignore your suggestion, Greg. It was the first thing I tried, and it didn't work. The find and replace didn't replace anything. "Greg Maxey" wrote: I have offered you a possible solution that so far you have choosen to ignore. Provided you can define your list of 7000 words in a simple table with the same 7000 words listed as both the find and replace word as then the Add-in will do it in fairly short order. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. jezzica85 wrote: I probably should have said this before (sheepish shrug) but I have almost 7000 words to go through. Is there a way to do them with AutoCorrect without needing to enter each one individually? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't think AutoCorrect will really do what you're thinking about, but see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm -- 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. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Thanks John, but I can't seem to find this. Is it only in certain versions of Word? I have XP. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: Hi Jezzica: Yes, you can do this with AutoCorrect. Study the topic "Create an AutoCorrect entry to store and automatically insert text and graphics" in the Help. You need to enter the words you want to search for in your AutoCorrect list, and replace them with the same word highlighted. Make sure you choose the "Formatted" options or the highlighting won't come in. Forget macros for this task. You would need to be a seriously good programmer to make a macro to do this. Ask Jezebel if s/he will send you one, because I have never seen a macro that could do this with acceptable performance :-) Hope this helps On 1/4/06 2:08 PM, in article , "jezzica85" wrote: That would be perfect! I have no idea how to write or use macros, though, could you possibly direct me to one and give me pointers on how to use it? Thanks! "Jezebel" wrote: You can't do *anything* automatically while you type, other than autocorrect which isn't going to help you here. You could write a macro that reads words from a file or table, searches for them in another document, and formats them in a special way. Would that help? "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Hi all, does anyone know, if you have a file of words you want to keep track of, if there's a way to automatically highlight those words in another file, or to put those words in a table in the other file, then automatically highlight them as they're typed or they already appear in the document? Thanks! -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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Ok,
Part of the problem is that you said you wanted to "highlight" text not "change the color." The macro does not have a UI feature to change font color (I might add it). However the code can easily be adapted to change font color or practically anything else. Open the template file and the press ALT+F11 to open the VB editor. If not displayed, press CTRL+R to open the Project Explorer. You will see a project named "VBA Find and Replace" If not explanded, expand it an you will see a folder named Forms. Double click the form named UserInterface. Either the form or the form code will appear. If it is the form the right click UserInterface again and select few code. Now using the right hand scrool bar, scrool down in the code until you come to the last Function named: Public Function SrchAndReplaceInStory .... You are going to need to add a line of code. The twelfth line down reads: ..Replacement.Text = ListArray(i, 2) immediately after that line add this line: ..Replacement.Font.Color = wdColorRed Using the file menu in the VB editor now save the project. Ok, now for your error. I just process a collection of forty differenct words and phrases with no errors. Yes, 7000 may be too much for one bite and you might have to do it in segments, however I don't know why you are having errors at 15. Can you give me an example of the list of words that you are using? -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. jezzica85 wrote: OK, let's give it a shot. I made the word list in the predefined words, with the find and replace columns identical except for the replace column being red instead of black. What I want to do is whenever a word in the find column appears in my document, I want to replace it with the red version. The macro sort of seems to run if I have a very small list of words, say 8 or 10, but it doesn't replace with the red, it looks like it replaces with the same word, same formatting, when I need the same word with the new formatting. If I entered in anything more than 15 words, it would tell me that the string parameter is too long. I've tried it so far in the predefined list setting and the quicklist setting, and both of them do that. Maybe 7000 words is just too long for the macro? It's probably some small thing I'm doing wrong. "Greg Maxey" wrote: jezzica, While I was napping John replied to your last post superbly ;-). We need to establish exactly what it is that you are trying to do and where in that process the macro falls short. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Thanks for trying Greg, I redownloaded the macro and it still won't work for me. Maybe it's my computer. "Greg Maxey" wrote: That is odd. I just downloaded the template and gave it a try. I typed: "One two three four five" in the document and then used the "a Quicklist I create now" option. I typed "One two three four five" in the Find column and the Replace column, saved the file and close it. Then checked "Highlight" and "Go". Result: One two three four five was highlighted in the document. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... As a matter of fact, I didn't ignore your suggestion, Greg. It was the first thing I tried, and it didn't work. The find and replace didn't replace anything. "Greg Maxey" wrote: I have offered you a possible solution that so far you have choosen to ignore. Provided you can define your list of 7000 words in a simple table with the same 7000 words listed as both the find and replace word as then the Add-in will do it in fairly short order. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. jezzica85 wrote: I probably should have said this before (sheepish shrug) but I have almost 7000 words to go through. Is there a way to do them with AutoCorrect without needing to enter each one individually? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't think AutoCorrect will really do what you're thinking about, but see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm -- 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. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Thanks John, but I can't seem to find this. Is it only in certain versions of Word? I have XP. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: Hi Jezzica: Yes, you can do this with AutoCorrect. Study the topic "Create an AutoCorrect entry to store and automatically insert text and graphics" in the Help. You need to enter the words you want to search for in your AutoCorrect list, and replace them with the same word highlighted. Make sure you choose the "Formatted" options or the highlighting won't come in. Forget macros for this task. You would need to be a seriously good programmer to make a macro to do this. Ask Jezebel if s/he will send you one, because I have never seen a macro that could do this with acceptable performance :-) Hope this helps On 1/4/06 2:08 PM, in article , "jezzica85" wrote: That would be perfect! I have no idea how to write or use macros, though, could you possibly direct me to one and give me pointers on how to use it? Thanks! "Jezebel" wrote: You can't do *anything* automatically while you type, other than autocorrect which isn't going to help you here. You could write a macro that reads words from a file or table, searches for them in another document, and formats them in a special way. Would that help? "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Hi all, does anyone know, if you have a file of words you want to keep track of, if there's a way to automatically highlight those words in another file, or to put those words in a table in the other file, then automatically highlight them as they're typed or they already appear in the document? Thanks! -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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Thanks, I'll definitely try this and see if it works. The words I'm using
are just normal ones, every now and then they might be hyphenated, but no punctuation marks or special characters, like: a able about abruptly absolutely accept accident accused across act acting actively actually adamant admit Could there maybe be too many of them in the document? "Greg Maxey" wrote: Ok, Part of the problem is that you said you wanted to "highlight" text not "change the color." The macro does not have a UI feature to change font color (I might add it). However the code can easily be adapted to change font color or practically anything else. Open the template file and the press ALT+F11 to open the VB editor. If not displayed, press CTRL+R to open the Project Explorer. You will see a project named "VBA Find and Replace" If not explanded, expand it an you will see a folder named Forms. Double click the form named UserInterface. Either the form or the form code will appear. If it is the form the right click UserInterface again and select few code. Now using the right hand scrool bar, scrool down in the code until you come to the last Function named: Public Function SrchAndReplaceInStory .... You are going to need to add a line of code. The twelfth line down reads: ..Replacement.Text = ListArray(i, 2) immediately after that line add this line: ..Replacement.Font.Color = wdColorRed Using the file menu in the VB editor now save the project. Ok, now for your error. I just process a collection of forty differenct words and phrases with no errors. Yes, 7000 may be too much for one bite and you might have to do it in segments, however I don't know why you are having errors at 15. Can you give me an example of the list of words that you are using? -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. jezzica85 wrote: OK, let's give it a shot. I made the word list in the predefined words, with the find and replace columns identical except for the replace column being red instead of black. What I want to do is whenever a word in the find column appears in my document, I want to replace it with the red version. The macro sort of seems to run if I have a very small list of words, say 8 or 10, but it doesn't replace with the red, it looks like it replaces with the same word, same formatting, when I need the same word with the new formatting. If I entered in anything more than 15 words, it would tell me that the string parameter is too long. I've tried it so far in the predefined list setting and the quicklist setting, and both of them do that. Maybe 7000 words is just too long for the macro? It's probably some small thing I'm doing wrong. "Greg Maxey" wrote: jezzica, While I was napping John replied to your last post superbly ;-). We need to establish exactly what it is that you are trying to do and where in that process the macro falls short. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Thanks for trying Greg, I redownloaded the macro and it still won't work for me. Maybe it's my computer. "Greg Maxey" wrote: That is odd. I just downloaded the template and gave it a try. I typed: "One two three four five" in the document and then used the "a Quicklist I create now" option. I typed "One two three four five" in the Find column and the Replace column, saved the file and close it. Then checked "Highlight" and "Go". Result: One two three four five was highlighted in the document. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... As a matter of fact, I didn't ignore your suggestion, Greg. It was the first thing I tried, and it didn't work. The find and replace didn't replace anything. "Greg Maxey" wrote: I have offered you a possible solution that so far you have choosen to ignore. Provided you can define your list of 7000 words in a simple table with the same 7000 words listed as both the find and replace word as then the Add-in will do it in fairly short order. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. jezzica85 wrote: I probably should have said this before (sheepish shrug) but I have almost 7000 words to go through. Is there a way to do them with AutoCorrect without needing to enter each one individually? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't think AutoCorrect will really do what you're thinking about, but see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm -- 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. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Thanks John, but I can't seem to find this. Is it only in certain versions of Word? I have XP. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: Hi Jezzica: Yes, you can do this with AutoCorrect. Study the topic "Create an AutoCorrect entry to store and automatically insert text and graphics" in the Help. You need to enter the words you want to search for in your AutoCorrect list, and replace them with the same word highlighted. Make sure you choose the "Formatted" options or the highlighting won't come in. Forget macros for this task. You would need to be a seriously good programmer to make a macro to do this. Ask Jezebel if s/he will send you one, because I have never seen a macro that could do this with acceptable performance :-) Hope this helps On 1/4/06 2:08 PM, in article , "jezzica85" wrote: That would be perfect! I have no idea how to write or use macros, though, could you possibly direct me to one and give me pointers on how to use it? Thanks! "Jezebel" wrote: You can't do *anything* automatically while you type, other than autocorrect which isn't going to help you here. You could write a macro that reads words from a file or table, searches for them in another document, and formats them in a special way. Would that help? "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Hi all, does anyone know, if you have a file of words you want to keep track of, if there's a way to automatically highlight those words in another file, or to put those words in a table in the other file, then automatically highlight them as they're typed or they already appear in the document? Thanks! -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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One more thing, I went in and the VBA editor said the file was unviewable.
Did I do something wrong? "Greg Maxey" wrote: Ok, Part of the problem is that you said you wanted to "highlight" text not "change the color." The macro does not have a UI feature to change font color (I might add it). However the code can easily be adapted to change font color or practically anything else. Open the template file and the press ALT+F11 to open the VB editor. If not displayed, press CTRL+R to open the Project Explorer. You will see a project named "VBA Find and Replace" If not explanded, expand it an you will see a folder named Forms. Double click the form named UserInterface. Either the form or the form code will appear. If it is the form the right click UserInterface again and select few code. Now using the right hand scrool bar, scrool down in the code until you come to the last Function named: Public Function SrchAndReplaceInStory .... You are going to need to add a line of code. The twelfth line down reads: ..Replacement.Text = ListArray(i, 2) immediately after that line add this line: ..Replacement.Font.Color = wdColorRed Using the file menu in the VB editor now save the project. Ok, now for your error. I just process a collection of forty differenct words and phrases with no errors. Yes, 7000 may be too much for one bite and you might have to do it in segments, however I don't know why you are having errors at 15. Can you give me an example of the list of words that you are using? -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. jezzica85 wrote: OK, let's give it a shot. I made the word list in the predefined words, with the find and replace columns identical except for the replace column being red instead of black. What I want to do is whenever a word in the find column appears in my document, I want to replace it with the red version. The macro sort of seems to run if I have a very small list of words, say 8 or 10, but it doesn't replace with the red, it looks like it replaces with the same word, same formatting, when I need the same word with the new formatting. If I entered in anything more than 15 words, it would tell me that the string parameter is too long. I've tried it so far in the predefined list setting and the quicklist setting, and both of them do that. Maybe 7000 words is just too long for the macro? It's probably some small thing I'm doing wrong. "Greg Maxey" wrote: jezzica, While I was napping John replied to your last post superbly ;-). We need to establish exactly what it is that you are trying to do and where in that process the macro falls short. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Thanks for trying Greg, I redownloaded the macro and it still won't work for me. Maybe it's my computer. "Greg Maxey" wrote: That is odd. I just downloaded the template and gave it a try. I typed: "One two three four five" in the document and then used the "a Quicklist I create now" option. I typed "One two three four five" in the Find column and the Replace column, saved the file and close it. Then checked "Highlight" and "Go". Result: One two three four five was highlighted in the document. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... As a matter of fact, I didn't ignore your suggestion, Greg. It was the first thing I tried, and it didn't work. The find and replace didn't replace anything. "Greg Maxey" wrote: I have offered you a possible solution that so far you have choosen to ignore. Provided you can define your list of 7000 words in a simple table with the same 7000 words listed as both the find and replace word as then the Add-in will do it in fairly short order. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. jezzica85 wrote: I probably should have said this before (sheepish shrug) but I have almost 7000 words to go through. Is there a way to do them with AutoCorrect without needing to enter each one individually? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't think AutoCorrect will really do what you're thinking about, but see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm -- 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. "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Thanks John, but I can't seem to find this. Is it only in certain versions of Word? I have XP. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: Hi Jezzica: Yes, you can do this with AutoCorrect. Study the topic "Create an AutoCorrect entry to store and automatically insert text and graphics" in the Help. You need to enter the words you want to search for in your AutoCorrect list, and replace them with the same word highlighted. Make sure you choose the "Formatted" options or the highlighting won't come in. Forget macros for this task. You would need to be a seriously good programmer to make a macro to do this. Ask Jezebel if s/he will send you one, because I have never seen a macro that could do this with acceptable performance :-) Hope this helps On 1/4/06 2:08 PM, in article , "jezzica85" wrote: That would be perfect! I have no idea how to write or use macros, though, could you possibly direct me to one and give me pointers on how to use it? Thanks! "Jezebel" wrote: You can't do *anything* automatically while you type, other than autocorrect which isn't going to help you here. You could write a macro that reads words from a file or table, searches for them in another document, and formats them in a special way. Would that help? "jezzica85" wrote in message ... Hi all, does anyone know, if you have a file of words you want to keep track of, if there's a way to automatically highlight those words in another file, or to put those words in a table in the other file, then automatically highlight them as they're typed or they already appear in the document? Thanks! -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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