RE: Programming / scripting languages in tech-writing

["Jonathan West" <jwest -at- mvps -dot- org>]

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> Does anybody else on the list use a programming or scripting language in
> their work? If so, which one? And what sort of tasks do you use them for?

Word VBA, for many, many things. Here are just a few

- managing list numbering
- running a process on a batch of documents
- creating a list of documents based on their titles etc
- global changes too complex to do with a simple search&replace
- getting rid of unwanted hidden bookmarks that pile up when the ToC is
regenerated too often.
- converting to an HTMLhelp file
- checking whether all the abbreviations included in a document have been
listed in the glossary

Regards
Jonathan West



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