Finding and converting text in Word

[utoyo]

I'm wondering how I would go about taking underlined text and removing the underlining and taking strike through text and removing the text all together. I'd also like to change an indicator which is a list field in word.

I realize this is probably pretty simple, but if someone could point in the right direction that would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[macropod]

Hi utoyo,

You can do this without vba, using Find/Replace.

For the underlining, use:
'^?' with underline formatting selected in the 'Find what' box
'^&' with no underline formatting selected in the 'Replace with' box.

For the strikethrough, use:
'^?' with strikethrough formatting selected in the 'Find what' box
nothing in the 'Replace with' box.

You can use the macro recorder to record these actions for future automation. In this case, the returned code is almost as efficient as what one might write by hand.

Cheers


[MS MVP - Word]