How do I delete many rules at once?

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Don Newmeyer

I've somehow ended up with three copies of all my rules (maybe 30 or so?) I
think this happened when importing my old identity after reinstalling
Office.

The question is how to remove the extra rules. I can't see a way to select
more than one at a time, and each time I ask to remove it, a dialog box
comes up asking if I'm sure I want to do that. This is quickly becoming too
tedious. Any idea how to do this more quickly?

Don
 
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Allen Watson

I've somehow ended up with three copies of all my rules (maybe 30 or so?) I
think this happened when importing my old identity after reinstalling
Office.
The question is how to remove the extra rules. I can't see a way to select
more than one at a time, and each time I ask to remove it, a dialog box
comes up asking if I'm sure I want to do that. This is quickly becoming too
tedious. Any idea how to do this more quickly?

Don
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The mechanisms for dealing with rules, particularly in the area of
exporting and importing, are woefully lacking. There's no way to delete
many rules except one at a time (or delete the entire rules file and
start over, your choice).

You can at least disable them so they don't interfere, and delete a
bunch every now and then until you've got it all cleaned up. Hey! 30
rules is nothing; this happened to me with about 80 rules.
 
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