Using “Found” Macros
Wednesday, May 30th, 2001Over the past few weeks we've been talking about recording macros to automate repetitive tasks in Microsoft Word. You can read the newsletters here: Share
Archive for May, 2001
Over the past few weeks we've been talking about recording macros to automate repetitive tasks in Microsoft Word. You can read the newsletters here: Share
Recording a Complex Macro
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2001[Editor's note: This week's article is the third in our series on macros, and I'm honored to have written it with Dan A. Wilson, proprietor of The Editor's DeskTop (http://www.editorsdesktop.com/). The example in the article is intentionally contrived. It's a nightmare task of repetitive processes. And it's long. But it's ...
Recording a Find-and-Replace Macro
Wednesday, May 16th, 2001Today's article is the second in our series about recording macros. It covers basically the same procedure as last week's newsletter, but with an emphasis on finding and replacing problem items in an electronic manuscript. Watch for a complex (and useful) example of recording a macro in next week's article, ...
Macro Recording: The Basics
Wednesday, May 9th, 2001Over the next few weeks Editorium Update will explain how to record macros and use them to simplify repetitive editorial tasks in Microsoft Word. I'd like to thank subscribers Meg Cox, Allene Goforth, and Dan A. Wilson for suggesting this topic. I'm especially grateful to Dan, who is an editor's ...
Two-Step Searching
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2001While editing in Microsoft Word, I often need to find something that's *partially* formatted and replace it with something else. For example, let's say a manuscript has a bunch of superscript note numbers preceded by a space that's *not* in superscript. Here's an example (with carets indicating superscript): Share