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Old 11-28-2006, 09:36 PM   #8
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Device: KH2O, KPW2, KDXG, KPW1, K3, S505
Glad the macro is helping. If you relate the macro to a button on your tool bar it really becomes a pleasure to use.

I added a little section to take out double spaces that sometimes occur when there is a space at the end of the line prior to the hard return.

'
' ebook_formatter Macro
' Macro created 11/28/2006 by Jorge Espinosa
'
' This step take you to the top of your document

Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToPage, Which:=wdGoToNext, Name:="1"

' This step clears formatting and sets font to my preferred size
'
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
Selection.WholeStory
Selection.Font.Name = "Times New Roman"
Selection.Font.Size = 14
With Selection.Font
.NameFarEast = ""
.NameAscii = "Times New Roman"
.NameOther = "Times New Roman"
.Name = ""
.Size = 14
.Bold = False
.Italic = False
End With

' This step replaces hard page breaks
'
With Selection.Find
.Text = "^m"
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchByte = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll

' This step replace the correct paragraph mark with a temporary sign "#*#", if your document has that sign, replace
' with some other special character
'
With Selection.Find
.Text = "^p^p"
.Replacement.Text = "#*#"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchByte = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll

' This step will replace the inappropriate line break with a space.
'
With Selection.Find
.Text = "^p"
.Replacement.Text = " "
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchByte = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll

' This step will replace the double spaces sometimes created by previous replace.
'
With Selection.Find
.Text = " "
.Replacement.Text = " " ' if there is a space at the end of the line, change this to ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchByte = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll

' This step will return the paragraph break to normal
'
With Selection.Find
.Text = "#*#"
.Replacement.Text = "^p^p"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchByte = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
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