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Old November 22nd, 2009, 12:43 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs
Gordon J. Rattray
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Default pick out all italicized words?

Hi there,

I've got my 120 page document and pretty well all the highlights of the document are in italics as I did that so the reader could see emphasized words. These italicized words would make the perfect index.

I know the find mechanism can find just the italic words, but seems only one by one....

Now, how can I pick out all the italicized words and put them into a concordance file to automark index entries?

Thanks,

Gordon
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Old November 22nd, 2009, 01:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default pick out all italicized words?

In recent versions of Word you can use Find All to select all items found;
in Word 2003 (and maybe 2002?) you check the box for "Highlight all items
found" (where "highlight" actually means "select"), then click Find All; in
Word 2007, you click "Find in" and choose "Main document."

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"Gordon J. Rattray" wrote in message
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Hi there,

I've got my 120 page document and pretty well all the highlights of the
document are in italics as I did that so the reader could see emphasized
words. These italicized words would make the perfect index.

I know the find mechanism can find just the italic words, but seems only one
by one....

Now, how can I pick out all the italicized words and put them into a
concordance file to automark index entries?

Thanks,

Gordon

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Old November 22nd, 2009, 03:46 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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Default pick out all italicized words?

Running a macro containing the following code will make a concordance table containing the italicized words:

Dim myrange As Range
Dim Source As Document, Target As Document
Dim ttable As Table
Set Source = ActiveDocument
Set Target = Documents.Add
Set ttable = Target.Tables.Add(Target.Range, 1, 2)
Source.Activate
Selection.HomeKey wdStory
Selection.Find.Font.Italic = True
With Selection.Find
Do While .Execute(FindText:="", Forward:=True, _
MatchWildcards:=False, Wrap:=wdFindStop, MatchCase:=False) = True
With ttable
.Cell(.Rows.Count, 1).Range.Text = Selection.Range
.Cell(.Rows.Count, 2).Range.Text = Selection.Range
.Rows.Add
End With
Selection.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
Selection.MoveRight wdCharacter, 1
Loop
End With
ttable.Rows(ttable.Rows.Count).Delete
Target.Activate


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"Gordon J. Rattray" wrote in message ...
Hi there,

I've got my 120 page document and pretty well all the highlights of the document are in italics as I did that so the reader could see emphasized words. These italicized words would make the perfect index.

I know the find mechanism can find just the italic words, but seems only one by one....

Now, how can I pick out all the italicized words and put them into a concordance file to automark index entries?

Thanks,

Gordon
 




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