--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: DFS00006 Date: 11/21/96 From: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES Time: 09:07pm \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: character substitution Here's another one I don't understand: I have a table of 54 rows of substitutions. Column 1 lists text to find, column 2 lists text to replace. The substitution isn't working correctly. The example: I have " ug" in column 1 I have "g" in column 2. (That's the "Hard Space" there followed by the "Greek Mu" character. I'm attempting to make MicroGrams look like MicroGrams should). The character string "20 ug" whose ascii codes are reported as 50, 48, 32, 117, 103 ends up looking like this "2(ug" (aka two degrees parenthesis) whose codes are 50, 48, 160, 40, 103. The macro code reads: EditFind .Find = FindText$ EditReplaceStyle .Style = MacName$ EditReplace .Find = FindText$, .Replace = ReplaceText$, .ReplaceAll, .Format = 1 When I turn OFF the formatting (as in ... ReplaceAll, .Format = 0) I get a Hard-space Parenthesis, with codes of 160, 40. I suspect that somehow I'm back into that character-map quandry we composted a couple of weeks back. My guess is that I could finish off my "TableSubstitute" macro with some customised Find/replace code that looks specifically for this string, and does very careful replacement, but I'd rather have the whole thing driven from this table, because then the users can nominate their own substitutions. Thanks in advance for any hints, suggestions or tips. Christopher.Greaves@WESTONIA.com * 1st 2.00b #6263 * People and Computers --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/25 * Origin: Westonia Computer Systems 1:250/636 (416)241-1981 (1:3615/51) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: DFS00007 Date: 11/21/96 From: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES Time: 07:23am \/To: BOB DAVIS (Read 4 times) Subj: Reveal Codes BD>>Reveal codes is a crutch for Wordperfect users. You don't need it in Word, BD>>you have to become comfortable with how word does things. It does not embe I have held this line for years, but after converting hundreds of documents to Word format, I now have to say that the Tools options View All is a life-saver when cleaning up old documents. Once cleaned up (use indented styles etc.) there should be little need for it, but there are times when it's a GodSend. (signed) "Converted" of Toronto (VBG!) Christopher.Greaves@WESTONIA.com * 1st 2.00b #6263 * People and Computers --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/25 * Origin: Westonia Computer Systems 1:250/636 (416)241-1981 (1:3615/51) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: DFS00008 Date: 11/21/96 From: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES Time: 07:25am \/To: BOB DAVIS (Read 4 times) Subj: PASS VALUES BETWEEN MACRS CG> I know to use "Dim Shared" within a macro in order to CG> communicate between subroutines and functions within the CG> one macro body, but now I want to carry data across macros. Bob, thanks for the reply. I didn't make myself clear enough when I said "across macros". More explicitly: I have run a macro from the keyboard to do something, perhaps to collect a character string. I do some keyboarding work, then decide to run another macro. I'd like the character-string result of the first macro session to be passed to the second macro session. There appears to be no in-session method of passing such values. I could write them to file - but then Word crashes if too many files are open, and I don't want to start messing with user's hard drives. I could modify the INI file, I'm told, but ditto messing with the user's INI files. I'm looking for a RAM-housed variable storage mechanism. Christopher.Greaves@WESTONIA.com * 1st 2.00b #6263 * People and Computers --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/25 * Origin: Westonia Computer Systems 1:250/636 (416)241-1981 (1:3615/51) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: DFS00009 Date: 11/22/96 From: LAWRENCE KELLIE Time: 06:49pm \/To: ABU HASNAT (Read 4 times) Subj: MODERATOR WARNING > Get Rich Quick! > THIS IS NOT A SCAM, THIS IS LEGAL Why should I believe you when you don't even know what is legal (i.e. appropriate) in FidoNet echos? You are grossly off-topic. Any response will also be off topic. Lawrence, Moderator, MS_WORD --- FMail 1.0g * Origin: Cala Creek Resort (in seclusion) (1:343/70.164) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: DFT00000 Date: 11/22/96 From: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES Time: 04:52pm \/To: BOB DAVIS (Read 5 times) Subj: 2 PARA STYLES IN 1 PARA! CG> Hidden Paragraph Mark Allows Multiple Styles to Paragraphs BD>>What's the use of this "feature"? Sorry to take so long replying. This message didn't appear on Westonia, but I picked it up from pro-Mail. The multiple-styles feature allows one to use two or more "paragraph styles" with one apparent paragraph. Whereas the Character Styles would allow one to blend font changes, the multiple paragraphs would, presumably, allow that 8and* also blend line-spacing etc. Christopher.Greaves@WESTONIA.com * 1st 2.00b #6263 * People and Computers --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0150 * Origin: Pro-Mail Communications - Toronto Canada (1:250/1004) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: DFT00001 Date: 11/21/96 From: EDUARD KEULEMANS Time: 03:35pm \/To: MAGGIE INNES (Read 5 times) Subj: Save As..... * Replying to a message in : SAVEAREA Hi Maggie ! 11-Nov-96 12:29:00, Maggie Innes wrote to Eduard Keulemans Subject: Save As..... MI> Via Tools, Macro Record - Record the steps that you use to save the doc MI> to Drive A. MI> Then via Tools, Customise , keyboard you can add it to the toolbar. I'll give it a shot.... thanks! -=[ Greetings from Eduard Keulemans, Maastricht In The Netherlands ]=- * E-MAIL: Eduard.Keulemans@p9.f312.n284.z2.elcom.org --- Terminate 3.00 * Origin: Mr.Hardy was married - Mr.Laurel was also unhappy. (2:284/312.9) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: DFT00002 Date: 11/23/96 From: LAWRENCE KELLIE Time: 07:25am \/To: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES (Read 5 times) Subj: PASS VALUES BETWEEN MACRS > CG> I know to use "Dim Shared" within a macro in order to > CG> communicate between subroutines and functions within the > CG> one macro body, but now I want to carry data across macros. > Bob, thanks for the reply. I didn't make myself clear enough when > I said "across macros". More explicitly: > I have run a macro from the keyboard to do something, perhaps > to collect a character string. > I do some keyboarding work, then decide to run another macro. > I'd like the character-string result of the first macro session > to be passed to the second macro session. I believe it was Bob Davis (who this message as posted to) who created a set of two macros (Word 6.0). The first created or recreated the second and then you could use the second as temporary macro. It sounds like those two macros may fill the bill. I even assigned them to a toolbar which made it very handy to perform tasks like you have outlined. Lawrence ... Could we have a rapper on checkout 2 please? --- FMail 1.0g * Origin: Cala Creek Resort (in seclusion) (1:343/70.164) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: DFT00003 Date: 11/23/96 From: ERNIE HIGGINSON Time: 06:35pm \/To: ANTHONY HASELMAN (Read 5 times) Subj: Mail Merge Thanks for your help Anthony. The "if" may do what I need. Do you know if there is any way it can insert a text file from disk (rather than a database field)? --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 10 * Origin: DataCom Online Services - Cornwall, Ontario (1:248/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: DFT00004 Date: 11/23/96 From: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES Time: 07:04am \/To: DAVID CAMEROTTO (Read 5 times) Subj: Mail Merges DC>>formatted using Arial 11 but after the merge the imported fields come out a Possible cause: When you do your merge using DocumentA and FileB into NewDocumentC, the New Document has TNR12 as its "Normal" font. Test: 1) Place the text cursor on a piece of text in Document A. Note the name of the style from the formatting toolbar. It's probably "Normal". 2) Still in DocumentA, choose Format, Styles, Modify, Format, Font. Note the type face and size. ESCape from there. 3) Place the text cursor on a piece of text in Document A. Note the name of the style from the formatting toolbar. It's probably "Normal". 4) Still in NewDocumentC, choose Format, Styles, Modify, Format, Font. Note the type face and size. ESCape from there. Christopher.Greaves@WESTONIA.com * 1st 2.00b #6263 * People and Computers --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0150 * Origin: Pro-Mail Communications - Toronto Canada (1:250/1004) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: DFU00000 Date: 11/23/96 From: BARRY KOHLER Time: 11:57am \/To: BOB DAVIS (Read 5 times) Subj: WORD 6.0 --> 6.0C BD>BK> Is the upgrade from Word 6.0 to 6.0c a patch that I can BD>BK> download, or how can I obtain it? BD>You have to get a complete new set of disks. I think MS provides BD>them for $5.00 or for free, depending on who you get on the phone and BD>what the weather is like. Bob-- Thanks for the info! I'm sorry for the delay in responding, but like the butcher who backed into a fan, I got a little behind in my work! Regards, --Barry --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: *AcornBBS*Freeport,ME*USA*207-865-3004* (1:326/406)