TXT equivalent of a DOC range?

[Bear]

I have a TXT file I'm using to find certain sentences in a Word document. Is
there any function that returns the ANSI value of a range? I'm not sure if
that's the correct terminology.

If I saved the DOC in TXT format using SaveAs, I'd have something closer to
a match for the strings I'm searching for. But I'd rather not save the DOC
file. Is there some way I can convert the range?

I can match tabs that were replaced by space characters using ^w in the Find
argument, but there are still fields, symbols, smart quotes, etc. etc. to
compensate for.

Any ideas?

Sorry this is so vague...

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Use the .Text attribute of the range.

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