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[Both macros are based on John Land's public
domain macros.] |
DELCODES.WCM deletes selected format codes
from a document such as [Bold On], [Hypertext Begin],
[Para Spacing], [Tab Set], etc.
A menu ( screen
shot ) lets you select one or more codes from a list of codes.
Many of these codes are actually the beginning
code that is part of a pair of codes surround text; deleting
the first code will automatically delete the second (ending)
code. Other codes, such as [Tab Set], are strictly single codes
and are not part of a pair.
The list of codes presented in the opening
menu can be modified in the macro code (see "Modifications"
below). Tip: See also the (separately downloadable)
DelCodes2 macro in the Tips section below.
DELPAIRS.WCM deletes pairs of "empty" attribute
or appearance codes such as [Und On][Und Off]
that may have been left behind in a document after editing. They
are "empty" because there is no text between them.
DELPAIRS is very useful in cleaning up clutter in the Reveal
Codes window.
Tips and alternatives
- To delete all codes in a selection
of text you don't need a macro. Simply select the text and copy
the selection to the Windows clipboard (usually with Ctrl+C).
Then immediately paste the copied (and still selected) material
back in place with Edit, Paste Special, Unformatted text --
overwriting the original material. This strips out all formatting
codes.
- Note that in WordPerfect 11 and later versions
this process converts [- Hyphen] codes to regular character
hyphens ("-") and [HSpace] codes to regular spaces.
For more information on this, as well as for a macro (and some
shortcuts) to facilitate the pasting process, see here.
- To delete most codes (but not all
codes) in a selection of text, download DelCodes2.zip
(02/14/11; 7,533 bytes). This macro is similar to DelCodes.wcm,
but it does not have a pop up menu to choose codes. You will
need to open it (Tools, Macro, Edit) to do a simple edit for
any codes you wish to retain in the selection of text.
The default is to retain bold and italics, but you can
change this. See the instructions and comments at the top of
the macro.
- Tip: For those using WestLaw or WestLawNext,
Jim Shackleford had modified this macro to use it with those
programs. See this
post on Wordperfect Universe.
- For a macro that can clean up extra codes
inserted when you import a Microsoft Word document, see Mike
Koenecke's Word Cleanup macro, park of his MAKMacros
suite.
- To change certain format codes (e.g.,
underlines) to other format codes (e.g., italics), see Ron Hirsch's
Replace Codes - Plus
on this site.
Modifications
The DELCODES.WCM macro can be modified to
include (or remove) codes from the menu list. Simply open the
macro with Tools, Macro, Edit. Scroll down to the area that contains
this instruction:
"Code list - the format is a text label
typed into the left column, than a tab, then a code is inserted
in the right column (codes are entered with the Codes button
on the Macro Toolbar) - open Reveal Codes to more accurately
see the format on a particular line below. Note the use of semicolons
(not colons)."
Directly under that paragraph you will see
a list of codes in two columns, like this:
Global vItemList[]= {
{"[Bold On]"; "[Bold
On]"};
{"[Bookmark]"; "[Bookmark]"};
...
{"[Wrd/Ltr
Spacing]"; "[Wrd/Ltr
Spacing]"}
}
You can follow the same pattern to add more
labels and codes. Note two things:
1. The items in red (in the right-hand column)
are codes and must be inserted using the Codes button on the
Macro Toolbar that should be visible (if it is not, click Tools,
Macro, Macro Toolbar). Then the macro will be able to find them
if they exist in the document. The items in the left-hand column
are merely text labels for the macro's menu list. The two items
are separated with a Tab.
2. The very last line item (see [Wrd/Ltr Spacing]
above) in the list does NOT end with a semi-colon. All other
lines MUST end with one (semi-colons are used as separators).
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