Re: changing format of the first word of every line in an HTML doc

Alternately, you may try to use Winword itself to do these changes, with some macros or similar. Afterall, it already has commands for moving by paragraphs and words.

You might even just be able to record a macro with the macro recorder that

Moves to the beginning of the next paragraph
Selects one word to the right
Changes the formatting

and just execute this one in a loop.

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Re^2: changing format of the first word of every line in an HTML doc by sharkyflip (Initiate) on Jan 13, 2011 at 12:59 UTC
Sorry if it's too much to ask, but do you happen to have a Macro code for doing this (or any resource I can read to learn this)? =) I've browsed the default Macro list that comes with my MS Word 2007 but I can't find anything that suggests selecting a portion of text from a given line. Besides, I'm not familiar with the VB API for automating MS Office software. Thanks in advance!	[reply]
Re^3: changing format of the first word of every line in an HTML doc by ambrus (Abbot) on Jan 13, 2011 at 13:46 UTC
There's a macro recorder that lets you perform actions just like you normally would, and writes these actions to a macro as readable statements. You start recording a macro with it, then hit control-downarrow to go to beginning of the next paragraph, then hit control-shift-rightarrow to select a word, then apply some formatting, then stop the macro recording. Play the macro a few times to make sure it works. Then open the macro for editing and try add a loop around it.	[reply]