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Subject:Re: Question on Word Macros From:JIMCHEVAL -at- AOL -dot- COM Date:Mon, 1 Sep 1997 21:40:39 -0400
In a message dated 97-09-01 16:40:31 EDT,
John -dot- Cornellier -at- PARIS -dot- IE -dot- PHILIPS -dot- COM writes:
<< Off the top of my head, here are a few macros I've used today: >>
OK, here's some of mine:
- a suite of macros which takes a table of contents and reformats it into a
basic index
- a macro which eliminates tables (used for sideheads) and replaces them with
indents and styles
- a macro which parses INI-like files into data elements so that the
parameters can be processed in a database
- a macro which parses special parameters (mostly marked by styles) into a
database of document information
- a macro which reads in Access info and outputs HTML files (which you can do
in Access) with very specific formatting (which you can't)
- a macro which corrects HTML references
- a macro which puts text in a box
- a macro which lists all the files in a directory
- a macro which inserts all the files in a directory into a document
- a macro which toggles between showing field codes and not
- a macro which takes a table and reformats it into an address list
- a macro which merges two rows
- a macro which creates a formatted table of illustrations
- a macro which lists all the special fields in a document, with page
numbers, bookmarks and parameters
- a macro which checks successive headings to make sure subsequent occurences
of a heading are marked 'Non' (so they don't show up in the TOC)
- a macro which zips files one by one (calls PKZIP)
There's lots more. But it should be just from this list that some can be
very simple, some very complex.
Jim C.
Los Angeles
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