Re: Convert a directory of Word files to a TOC

["Chris Morton" <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>]

DIR  */B* /S *.*  > file.txt

The /B eliminates the extraneous garbage.

> Chris

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 6:57 AM, Paul Hanson <phanson -at- quintrex -dot- com> wrote:

> Apologies if I misunderstand what you are trying to do. Based upon what you
> wrote, this is what I would do:
>
> Use the DOS "DIR" command to create a .txt file that has all the file names
> listed.
>
> Something like
> DIR *.* /s >file.txt
>
> Then open up file.txt in Word. Strip all the other stuff, like date & time,
> that you don't need. I often replace <space><space> with a tab and convert
> to a table. Then delete the columns that don't apply.
>
> You would end up with a list like
> MPLS20S04L01.doc
> MPLS20S04L02.doc
> MPLS20S04L03.doc
> MPLS20S04L04.doc
> On the first page of your doc.
>
> Insert a page break above the first file so you have
>
> <blank page>
> ---page break----
> MPLS20S04L01.doc
> MPLS20S04L02.doc
> MPLS20S04L03.doc
> MPLS20S04L04.doc
>
> Go to your list of Word files. Apply Heading 1 to all of them.
>
> Go to the blank page above your list and insert a TOC field.
>
> Update the field making sure Heading 1 is in your TOC field. Bingo.
>
> I do this kind of stuff frequently.
>
> Paul Hanson
> Technical Writer
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>
>
>
>
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> Subject: Convert a directory of Word files to a TOC
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> Hi, guys...I want to do something that is over my head.
>
> I was given over 250mb of Word files from an outside vendor (about 50
> files). They are named by seqential numbers (MPLS20S04L01.doc,
> MPLS20S04L02.doc, etc, though the numbers come in different groups) .
> What I'd like to do is programmitcally, generate a TOC type of doc
> that contains the file name and H1 title that can be picked up from
> inside of the document.
>
> That means something programmically has to start at the top of the
> directory, write the file name ot a TOC Word doc, open the doc, write
> the H1 to the TOC Word doc, close, go to the next file, write the
> filename to the TOC doc, open and write the H1 title to the TOC doc,
> etc.
>
> No links, just a list.  Has anyone done something like this before?
>
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