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Originally Posted by Toxaris
Have you looked at the internal editor?
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Yes I have looked at and I started out using the built in one.
The downside for me was that I want to edit the rules independently and concurrently with what I'm doing to a given document - including being in the middle of running S&R - i.e. in a separate process. For a while I edited the .DOC file directly in a second instance of Word, but I find editing Word Tables awkward.
So I rejoiced when you moved to the XML approach. It eliminated the Word Tables and allowed me to edit MyRules.xml in my regular text editor (Notepad++) independently of what I was doing in Word. I thought then - if I convert this XML to an XLS (or CSV) then I can use my regular table editor (Excel *) and convert the xls back to xml as and when.
Doing it this way -- loose coupling of what I regard as 'best of breed' tools -- suits me. I don't expect my hammer to saw wood or my fishing rod to shoot foxes, so... But appreciate most folks expect every tool to do everything
I have a couple of guys installing a new roof over the deck - they seem have a dozens of special tools, as well as the standard hammers and chisels etc.
do you happen to know of a Word add-in that extends and persists Word's Find and Replace history. I have tried a couple of tools but they introduce a whole new layer of complexity with missing features - e.g. no Clear Formatting button or Language selection. I'd just a like longer drop down lists with a right click item toggle -
Persist/Discard (default).
BR