Moving the highlight only. Is it possible?

[Zen1st]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel Hi

I have a very large text document in word and i have to select several different paragraphs. They all contain the same amount of lines (15 text lines each).

Is there a way i can move only the selection in a big block (not the text but the highlight) to the next paragraph without having to reselect manualy each paragraphs? Kind of like the "tab" function but to move the highlight.

Hope i'm clear.

Thanks

Zen

 

[CyberTaz]

Not really, but but if you rely strictly on dragging to select text there
may be some more efficient options you're not familiar with... for example;

1- Triple-Click anywhere in a paragraph to select it, or
2- Double-Click in the left margin adjacent to the paragraph you want to
select, or
3- Drag down the left margin rather than dragging across the text, or
4- Click at the start of the paragraph then hold Shift while you click at
the end of it, or
5- Shift+Command+Down Arrow, but the insertion point must be at the start of
the paragraph.

There are also numerous other navigation/selection techniques if you explore
Word Help.

 

[John McGhie]

Not in 2008. This kind of stunt requires VBA, coming back in Office 2011.

Tell us what you're trying to do and we may be able to suggest a
work-around.

Cheers

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel
Hi

I have a very large text document in word and i have to select several
different paragraphs. They all contain the same amount of lines (15 text lines
each).

Is there a way i can move only the selection in a big block (not the text but
the highlight) to the next paragraph without having to reselect manualy each
paragraphs? Kind of like the "tab" function but to move the highlight.

Hope i'm clear.

Thanks

Zen

This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless you intend to pay!

 

[Zen1st]

Not in 2008. This kind of stunt requires VBA, coming back in Office 2011.

>
> Tell us what you're trying to do and we may be able to suggest a
> work-around.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On 23/04/10 10:20 PM, in article (e-mail address removed)2ac0,
> "[email protected]" wrote:
>
>
> This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
> matters unless you intend to pay!
>
> --
>
> John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word); Consultant Technical Writer,
> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
> Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410; mailto:[email protected]
>
>
>

Thanks John

Ok so i have this really long html code which takes about 3o pages in Word.

This code is for describing records on my eBay site (see example here, all the beige portion): http://cgi.ebay.ca/POWER-PLAY-Vario...ewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item53e0ec2250

I use the "Gestionnaire de Publipostage" in word to generate the info from an Excel spreadsheet for each of my records.

The big issue is i have 5200 different listings in my Excel spreadsheet.

So when i generate the info in word with the "Gestionnaire de Publipostage" (sorry my word version is in french), it gives 171600 text line.

Of course i split the document by musical genre so i have less entries by word document but my main goal is...

Each html code entry starts with:



and ends with



for each records.

I have to select each one of these to copy this info in a giant clipboard.

My HTML code for one record template is 33 pages.
So in order to select the start point to the end point i have to scroll thru 33 pages manually which takes time. Espacially when the word document contains several of these 33 pages.

What i do to speed things up is that i copy paste all the HTML entries in TextEdit. For an unknown reason when i scroll down in TextEdit to select the code it doesn't lag like in word. So it goes a bit faster.

But still i have 5200 to do and manually selecting 5200 times 33 pages it will ruin my eyes and take me a week.

Is there a way to write a script or a function in word to accelerate this "text selecting" process.

Thanks

PS. Sorry my bad english, french is my first language but i still hope i'm understandable.

Thanks

Zen One

 

[Zen1st]

Not in 2008. This kind of stunt requires VBA, coming back in Office 2011.

> >
> > Tell us what you're trying to do and we may be able to suggest a
> > work-around.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >
> > On 23/04/10 10:20 PM, in article (e-mail address removed)2ac0,
> > "[email protected]" wrote:
> >
> >
> > This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
> > matters unless you intend to pay!
> >
> > --
> >
> > John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word); Consultant Technical Writer,
> > McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
> > Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410; mailto:[email protected]
> >
> >
> >

>
> Thanks John
>
> Ok so i have this really long html code which takes about 3o pages in Word.
>
> This code is for describing records on my eBay site (see example here, all the beige portion): http://cgi.ebay.ca/POWER-PLAY-Vario...ewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item53e0ec2250
>
> I use the "Gestionnaire de Publipostage" in word to generate the info from an Excel spreadsheet for each of my records.
>
> The big issue is i have 5200 different listings in my Excel spreadsheet.
>
> So when i generate the info in word with the "Gestionnaire de Publipostage" (sorry my word version is in french), it gives 171600 text line.
>
> Of course i split the document by musical genre so i have less entries by word document but my main goal is...
>
> Each html code entry starts with:
>
>
>
> and ends with
>
>
>
> for each records.
>
> I have to select each one of these to copy this info in a giant clipboard.
>
> My HTML code for one record template is 33 pages.
> So in order to select the start point to the end point i have to scroll thru 33 pages manually which takes time. Espacially when the word document contains several of these 33 pages.
>
> What i do to speed things up is that i copy paste all the HTML entries in TextEdit. For an unknown reason when i scroll down in TextEdit to select the code it doesn't lag like in word. So it goes a bit faster.
>
> But still i have 5200 to do and manually selecting 5200 times 33 pages it will ruin my eyes and take me a week.
>
> Is there a way to write a script or a function in word to accelerate this "text selecting" process.
>
> Thanks
>
> PS. Sorry my bad english, french is my first language but i still hope i'm understandable.
>
> Thanks
>
> Zen One

Looks like we can't see what my HTML entries starts and end with.

It starts with ------Start-------

and ends with ------End-------

 

[John McGhie]

That's Frightening

Spend 20 minutes with a commercial web coder and he'll bust that down to
about five lines for you

Actually, a "good" one will get it down to one line

All you need is a stylesheet, a link, plus some parameters. It will also
make your pages load a hell of a lot faster.

Cheers

Looks like we can't see what my HTML entries starts and end with.

It starts with ------Start-------

and ends with ------End-------

--

The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]

 

[Zen1st]

That's Frightening

>
> Spend 20 minutes with a commercial web coder and he'll bust that down to
> about five lines for you
>
> Actually, a "good" one will get it down to one line
>
> All you need is a stylesheet, a link, plus some parameters. It will also
> make your pages load a hell of a lot faster.
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> On 24/04/10 10:29 PM, in article (e-mail address removed)2ac0,
> "[email protected]" wrote:
>

> >>> Not in 2008. This kind of stunt requires VBA, coming back in Office 2011.
> >>>
> >>> Tell us what you're trying to do and we may be able to suggest a
> >>> work-around.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 23/04/10 10:20 PM, in article (e-mail address removed)2ac0,
> >>> "[email protected]" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor:
> >>>> Intel
> >>>> Hi
> >>>>
> >>>> I have a very large text document in word and i have to select several
> >>>> different paragraphs. They all contain the same amount of lines (15 text
> >>>> lines
> >>>> each).
> >>>>
> >>>> Is there a way i can move only the selection in a big block (not the text
> >>>> but
> >>>> the highlight) to the next paragraph without having to reselect manualy
> >>>> each
> >>>> paragraphs? Kind of like the "tab" function but to move the highlight.
> >>>>
> >>>> Hope i'm clear.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>>
> >>>> Zen
> >>>
> >>> This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
> >>> matters unless you intend to pay!
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word); Consultant Technical Writer,
> >>> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
> >>> Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410; mailto:[email protected]
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Thanks John
> >>
> >> Ok so i have this really long html code which takes about 3o pages in Word.
> >>
> >> This code is for describing records on my eBay site (see example here, all
> >> the beige portion):
> >> http://cgi.ebay.ca/POWER-PLAY-Various-Artists-K-Tel-comp-vinyl-LP_W0QQitemZ36
> >> 0255857232QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item53e0ec2250
> >>
> >> I use the "Gestionnaire de Publipostage" in word to generate the info from an
> >> Excel spreadsheet for each of my records.
> >>
> >> The big issue is i have 5200 different listings in my Excel spreadsheet.
> >>
> >> So when i generate the info in word with the "Gestionnaire de Publipostage"
> >> (sorry my word version is in french), it gives 171600 text line.
> >>
> >> Of course i split the document by musical genre so i have less entries by
> >> word document but my main goal is...
> >>
> >> Each html code entry starts with:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> and ends with
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> for each records.
> >>
> >> I have to select each one of these to copy this info in a giant clipboard.
> >>
> >> My HTML code for one record template is 33 pages.
> >> So in order to select the start point to the end point i have to scroll thru
> >> 33 pages manually which takes time. Espacially when the word document
> >> contains several of these 33 pages.
> >>
> >> What i do to speed things up is that i copy paste all the HTML entries in
> >> TextEdit. For an unknown reason when i scroll down in TextEdit to select the
> >> code it doesn't lag like in word. So it goes a bit faster.
> >>
> >> But still i have 5200 to do and manually selecting 5200 times 33 pages it
> >> will ruin my eyes and take me a week.
> >>
> >> Is there a way to write a script or a function in word to accelerate this
> >> "text selecting" process.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> PS. Sorry my bad english, french is my first language but i still hope i'm
> >> understandable.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Zen One

> >
> > Looks like we can't see what my HTML entri