Automatic insertion of text on each side of a text block

etj · Oct 29, 2008

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC

I have a repetitive task to perform, where I need to type a tag on both sides of a long list of usernames. Is there any way to automate this in word?

I made a macro to do this on a PC and tried using AppleScript for my mac, now that macros don't work anymore.

To my own_content I basically need to add this:

<person email='[email protected]' language='en' />

If anyone have a solution I'd be grateful.

Adam Bailey · Oct 29, 2008

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC

I have a repetitive task to perform, where I need to type a tag on both
sides of a long list of usernames. Is there any way to automate this in
word?

I made a macro to do this on a PC and tried using AppleScript for my mac,
now that macros don't work anymore.

To my own_content I basically need to add this:

<person email='[email protected]' language='en' />

I'm not a Word expert but I do this kind of thing all the time with a Search
& Replace on the Paragraph Mark. That's assuming all the email addresses are
on separate lines and that they are the only content in the document (for
which you can use a blank file).

Find:
^p
Replace with:
' language='en' />^p<person email='

You'll have to manually adjust the first and last line.

etj · Oct 29, 2008

Very helpful... thanks a bunch

John McGhie · Oct 30, 2008

I am a Word expert, and that's how I would do it too

You need to get a little creative sometimes, but wildcard searches are
extremely powerful.

Cheers

I'm not a Word expert but I do this kind of thing all the time with a Search
& Replace on the Paragraph Mark. That's assuming all the email addresses are
on separate lines and that they are the only content in the document (for
which you can use a blank file).

Find:
^p
Replace with:
' language='en' />^p<person email='

You'll have to manually adjust the first and last line.

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etj · Oct 30, 2008

lol ok... thx guys.

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Automatic insertion of text on each side of a text block

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