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> Is it possible to print the formatting characters in a Word 2000 document
> without having to resort to writing code? The objective is to generate a
> hard copy of a large document, including paragraph marks and the
> like. I'm
> a reasonably savvy Word user, but I haven't been able to find an
> onboard way
> to do this.
>
Possible, yes, but quite ugly. I would think that if this is a task you want
to do more than once, you want to create a macro. Time to learn macro
programming!
It shouldn't be that hard to do. Off the top of my head and a quick glance
in Word, here's what I would do:
1. Turn on the Macro recorder.
2. Save the file.
3. On the Insert menu, insert click Symbol --> Special Characters -->
(paragraph symbol).
4. Cut the symbol you just inserted.
5. Do a Replace All, replacing all Paragraph marks (by clicking the More>>
and then Special buttons) with the paragraph symbol followed by the
paragraph mark.
6. Repeat steps 3-5 with the other symbols you want to print.
7. Save a copy of the file under a different name.
8. Print, going into the Options dialog and setting the Print Field Codes
option
9. Turn off the Macro Recorder.
10. Edit your macro, simplifying the steps that code can do more
conveniently, inserting prompts if you want, etc.
You can be very basic here, or get quite sophisticated. The VBA editor has
fairly good help, if you have an understanding of what you're trying to do
and persistent in your searches.
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