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Old August 10th, 2009, 12:35 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
esprit texas
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Default tool 2 check doc 4 duplicate words/entries?

copied and pasted from various sources onto a Word doc. I know there are
duplicate entries and without printing a very long document, I would like to
know if there is a tool that will ck. for similar or exact entries, and if
so...how does it call the duplication out? In other words...does it
underline the duplicate so I can delete the underlined portion?
P.S. deadline!!!no time to research!!!
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Old August 10th, 2009, 01:36 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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Default tool 2 check doc 4 duplicate words/entries?

Exactly what do you mean by duplicate entries? The same two words together
in the one spot? How similar is "similar"?

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copied and pasted from various sources onto a Word doc. I know there are
duplicate entries and without printing a very long document, I would like
to
know if there is a tool that will ck. for similar or exact entries, and if
so...how does it call the duplication out? In other words...does it
underline the duplicate so I can delete the underlined portion?
P.S. deadline!!!no time to research!!!


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Old August 10th, 2009, 04:24 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
esprit texas[_2_]
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Default tool 2 check doc 4 duplicate words/entries?



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Exactly what do you mean by duplicate entries? The same two words together
in the one spot? How similar is "similar"?

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
"esprit texas" esprit wrote in message
...
copied and pasted from various sources onto a Word doc. I know there are
duplicate entries and without printing a very long document, I would like
to
know if there is a tool that will ck. for similar or exact entries, and if
so...how does it call the duplication out? In other words...does it
underline the duplicate so I can delete the underlined portion?
P.S. deadline!!!no time to research!!!


" similar " enough in "meaning" for myself, as I was copying and psting from (2) different HELP sources ( updating drivers) and their wording was almost identical in most cases but one would add additional info that was helpful. I am just trying to cut down on redundancy and confusion and it is hard to do so on the screen page by page and without printing out a large document (limited ink and paper).


Hope I am doing this right!! It is my first attempt at a discussion group of
any kind. Hope you're patient! Thanks for you're time!

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Old August 10th, 2009, 05:29 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Graham Mayor
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Default tool 2 check doc 4 duplicate words/entries?

You could compare two documents and if the document was a list you could
find duplicate entries in a list, but the only way to search a single
document for 'similar' entries is to read it yourself.

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esprit texas wrote:
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Exactly what do you mean by duplicate entries? The same two words
together
in the one spot? How similar is "similar"?

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
"esprit texas" esprit wrote in
message
...
copied and pasted from various sources onto a Word doc. I know
there are duplicate entries and without printing a very long
document, I would like to
know if there is a tool that will ck. for similar or exact entries,
and if so...how does it call the duplication out? In other
words...does it underline the duplicate so I can delete the
underlined portion?
P.S. deadline!!!no time to research!!!


" similar " enough in "meaning" for myself, as I was copying and
psting from (2) different HELP sources ( updating drivers) and
their wording was almost identical in most cases but one would add
additional info that was helpful. I am just trying to cut down on
redundancy and confusion and it is hard to do so on the screen page
by page and without printing out a large document (limited ink and
paper).


Hope I am doing this right!! It is my first attempt at a discussion
group of any kind. Hope you're patient! Thanks for you're time!



 




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