need vba/word scripting help to turn inline text into header

Bierkonig · 01-09-2009, 01:06 PM

I'm going about scanned (out of copyright!) text conversion to ebook in a very different way than most because i'm using reference texts and need to retain page numbers and section titles and a lot of formatting to make the texts useful.

I'm converting everything to RFT and then to PDF properly sized for my sony reader (prs-700). Here's my problem: in the RFT the first two lines after every section/page break (every second or third page) are text (a constantly changing text string) that I want to move into a header specific to the first page of that section. The two lines of text are separated by a hard return.

Can anyone help me figure out a vba script that would scan for section breaks, take those first two lines of text that immediately follow, and move those lines into a header that would default to a first-page-only header? The ideal would convert:

section break (next page)
A
B
text

into

section break (next page)
header: A B

text

thank you!

Bierkonig · 01-09-2009, 06:57 PM

Hello,

In the absence of anyone ready to tackle my problem using VBA, I realize I don't really need to put the A B text into new headers, so perhaps this can be solved just using features of Word's find/replace that I don't yet understand. Thus, can anyone tell me how to turn

section break (next page)
A
B
text

into

section break (next page)
A B

text

Again, A and B change several hundred times throughout the document . Sometimes A is word or several words and B is a page number, sometimes it's the reverse, **the only this that is consistent is that A and B are separated by a single hard return and are the first two lines after each section break**.

thank you!

ShortNCuddlyAm · 01-09-2009, 07:06 PM

I suspect using a vba script would be the easiest/most flexible way of doing it, rather than trying to get find and replace to do it.

What version of Word are you using? I may be able to have a look at this in the next couple of days or so, but I am a lot more familiar with using vba for Excel than Word, so I'm not promising anything!

Bierkonig · 01-09-2009, 09:40 PM

I have both Word 2008 (mac) and Word 2007 (xp). Any advise would be hugely appreciated.

thanks.

01-09-2009, 01:06 PM	#1
Bierkonig Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: Sony PRS-700	need vba/word scripting help to turn inline text into header I'm going about scanned (out of copyright!) text conversion to ebook in a very different way than most because i'm using reference texts and need to retain page numbers and section titles and a lot of formatting to make the texts useful. I'm converting everything to RFT and then to PDF properly sized for my sony reader (prs-700). Here's my problem: in the RFT the first two lines after every section/page break (every second or third page) are text (a constantly changing text string) that I want to move into a header specific to the first page of that section. The two lines of text are separated by a hard return. Can anyone help me figure out a vba script that would scan for section breaks, take those first two lines of text that immediately follow, and move those lines into a header that would default to a first-page-only header? The ideal would convert: section break (next page) A B text into section break (next page) header: A B text thank you! Last edited by Bierkonig; 01-09-2009 at 01:13 PM. Reason: clarification

01-09-2009, 06:57 PM	#2
Bierkonig Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: Sony PRS-700	followup, simplification Hello, In the absence of anyone ready to tackle my problem using VBA, I realize I don't really need to put the A B text into new headers, so perhaps this can be solved just using features of Word's find/replace that I don't yet understand. Thus, can anyone tell me how to turn section break (next page) A B text into section break (next page) A B text Again, A and B change several hundred times throughout the document . Sometimes A is word or several words and B is a page number, sometimes it's the reverse, the only this that is consistent is that A and B are separated by a single hard return and are the first two lines after each section break. thank you!

01-09-2009, 09:40 PM	#4
Bierkonig Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: Sony PRS-700	word version I have both Word 2008 (mac) and Word 2007 (xp). Any advise would be hugely appreciated. thanks.

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01-09-2009, 07:06 PM	#3
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	I suspect using a vba script would be the easiest/most flexible way of doing it, rather than trying to get find and replace to do it. What version of Word are you using? I may be able to have a look at this in the next couple of days or so, but I am a lot more familiar with using vba for Excel than Word, so I'm not promising anything!

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