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Macros for Word Users

This document contains many of the Word Basic macros we've developed over the years to make life with Word a little easier. Some of the macros are useful only to Help developers, others address more general needs.

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The download is a zipped text file containing the following macros:

CompareStyleCount
Compares the number of custom styles in the active document to the number of custom styles in the associated template
StyleList
Lists PARAGRAPH styles used in the active document
RemoveUnusedStyles
Removes unused styles from the active document
MergeFromTemplate
Merges paragraph styles from the active document's template
FontList
Lists fonts used in the active document
MergeIndex
Merge RH's "letter" paragraphs and inserted topic-jump paragraphs
GoToTopicNumber
Jumps to the specified topic number, by page break
PrintOutline
Prints an outline (heading 1 through heading 5) of the current file
PrintAllNoBreaks
Prints the current file without manual (hard-coded) page breaks
HiddenText
Toggles display of hidden text
PicturePlaceholders
Toggles display of pictures and picture placeholders
FieldCodes
Toggles display of field codes
TextBoundaries
Toggles display of text boundaries in page layout view
KeepTogether
Prevents a soft page break within the selected paragraph
KeepWithNext
Prevents a soft page break after the selected paragraph
PageBreakBefore
Toggles forcing the selected paragraph to the top of the next page
ParagraphJumps
Makes each paragraph's text into a Help jump
HyphensToUnderscores
In selection, converts HIDDEN hyphens to underscores
SpacesToUnderscores
In selection, converts HIDDEN spaces to underscores
InsertEmptyFootnoteRefs
Inserts footnote references for topic ID (#), topic title ($), keywords (K), and either window class (>) or browse sequence (+)
MakeFootnoteMarkerAt
Changes single selected footnote marker to @
CharacterColor
Changes the color of the selected text
SmallCapsForHelp
In selection, converts lowercase letters to 7-point "small fonts"
ConfirmConversions
Makes it easier to open RTF files as text
Factorial
Demonstrates that Word Basic macros are recursive
 


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