Can u help or can u recommend a book?

[Will Mowat]

Can anyone recommend a book (available in the UK) that can answer odd little
questions like this... or can you come up with an answer?
1) "replace" appears not to allow me to do the following, so is there any
other way: find all commas that have a digit either side (e.g. 3,5) and
replace the comma with a dot (i.e. 3.5)?
2) How do I force a text to accept a language (e.g. UK English) and not to
have any "no proofing" left in it? If I receive a text that is "no proofing"
it never appears to fully switch over to the language of my choice, yet if
the text is already in a language it always accepts a new one.
I hope it's clear (as mud!) ­ thanks, Will

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

Hi Will,
Re the find and replace, see if this link helps out:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm

And the general site http://word.mvps.org/index.html is a storehouse of
information on using Word, and searchable. Most of it is written for PC,
but easily translates.

I'm not sure about the language question, partially because I don't
completely understand what you are asking, partially b/c I don't experiment
with languages much. Tools | Language lets you set language for selected
text, and seems pretty powerful. Another way to switch languages is to
redefine the style in use, although that won't override a language set
through Tools | Language, apparently.

You might want to try one of the general Word groups if you don't get an
answer here--for questions about internal manipulation of Word, answers can
be pretty cross-platform. "Find Help" on the site I mentioned above gives
some suggestions for which group.

Dayo

 

[John McGhie [MVP Office Systems -- Word]]

Hi Will:

Search for "Wildcards" in the Word Help. You *will* have to hunt for it,
but I KNOW it's in there.

The Language property is set in the Text, in the paragraph, and in the
style. You have to ensure that you change all three. The Style can be
tricky because it is often inheriting from a higher style.

In a document you get from someone else, the language is often inherited
from the Normal style, so you need to use Format>Style to change that first.
Then Select All and change the text. Then go into the headers and footers
and change them. Then run a search for the bad language and change any
remaining instances you find.

If you have to do a lot of this get back to me and I will send you a macro
to do this: it's on the PC and I don't have a copy with me here.

No, I can't recommend any books other than the one I wrote, that's published
only in German In fact, for your purposes I would not even recommend
that one Use the Help File: that's where all the up-to-date correct
information is. Learn to use the Help: spend some time on learning to use
the Help, you would be amazed at how much this improves your life with Word.
There are no books out there that have anywhere near the range and depth of
information in them that the Word Help has.

Hope this helps

Can anyone recommend a book (available in the UK) that can answer odd little
questions like this... or can you come up with an answer?
1) "replace" appears not to allow me to do the following, so is there any
other way: find all commas that have a digit either side (e.g. 3,5) and
replace the comma with a dot (i.e. 3.5)?
2) How do I force a text to accept a language (e.g. UK English) and not to
have any "no proofing" left in it? If I receive a text that is "no proofing"
it never appears to fully switch over to the language of my choice, yet if
the text is already in a language it always accepts a new one.
I hope it's clear (as mud!) ­ thanks, Will

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Please respond only to the newsgroup to preserve the thread.

John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. GMT + 10 Hrs
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[Clive Huggan]

Will,

John is spot on, of course.

After belting Help to give you what you need, hanging around in this
newsgroup is the second-best thing to do. Use Entourage or Outlook Express
to subscribe, so you can see all the posts in convenient form, in close to
real time. In six months' time you'll be an advanced user! Post back in six
months if I'm wrong!!!

[PS: Not sure how many experts are reading this by now, but if you don't get
what you need on the 2 matters you mentioned via Help, post back with the
specific topic stated in the title (i.e., a separate post for each one). The
experts may have thought you only had the book question in your post.]


-- Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia

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