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One of the biggest problems in formatting what was previously an ASCII file is modifying it so there are only hard returns at the end of paragraphs. Most ASCII files have a hard return at the end of every line of the file, and two hard returns at the end of every paragraph. If you have an ASCII file that is formatted like this, such as something you downloaded off the Internet, the following macro will be invaluable. It formats an entire file so there are only hard returns at the end of paragraphs.
Sub ConvertASCII() Fmt "^p^p", "{|}" Fmt "^p", " {@}" Fmt " {@}", " " Fmt "{@}", " " Fmt "{|}", "^p" End Sub
Sub Fmt(sFromWord, sToWord) Set myRange = ActiveDocument.Content myRange.Find.ClearFormatting myRange.Find.Execute FindText:=sFromWord, _ ReplaceWith:=sToWord, MatchCase:=0, _ Replace:=wdReplaceAll End Sub
You should run the ConvertASCII macro. It calls the Fmt macro several times to replace various combinations of return characters to get toward the desired result.
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2011-12-16 11:44:48
Richard Godfrey
The second cmd of "Sub ConvertASCII()" is
Fmt "^p", " {@}"
Looking at the next 2 cmds that follow it, it looks like that cmd should be
Fmt "^p", "{@}"
instead of
Fmt "^p", " {@}"
That way, the 2 cmds that follow would replace both " ^p" and "^p" with a single space. Isn't that your goal?
Am I wrong?
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