Need advice on macro somebody[ at ]somewhere.com 23.02.2006 03:55:25 I recorded and edited this macro to remove unwanted characters from a word 2003 document. It does what I wanted and allows me to add or change the characters as needed, but it seems the code is very redundent and probably could be shortened to accomplish the same results. Any help on this would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Joe _________________________________________________________ Sub Macro1() ' ' Macro1 Macro ' Macro recorded 8/14/2005 by Joe Payne ' Selection.Find.ClearFormatting Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting With Selection.Find .Text = "?" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll Selection.Find.Execute Selection.Find.ClearFormatting Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting With Selection.Find .Text = "/" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll With Selection.Find .Text = "+" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll With Selection.Find .Text = ">" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll With Selection.Find .Text = "[ at ]" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll With Selection.Find .Text = ")" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll With Selection.Find .Text = "(" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll With Selection.Find .Text = "~" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll With Selection.Find .Text = "%" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll With Selection.Find .Text = "#" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll With Selection.Find .Text = "$" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll With Selection.Find .Text = "=" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll With Selection.Find .Text = "*" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll With Selection.Find .Text = "|" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll With Selection.Find .Text = "-" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll With Selection.Find .Text = ";" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll With Selection.Find .Text = ":" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll End Sub

Re: Need advice on macro "Ken Snell \(MVP\)" <kthsneisllis9[ at ]ncoomcastt.renaetl> 23.02.2006 04:27:42 You've posted to a newsgroup devoted to ACCESS, the desktop database software in Office Suite. I recommend that you post your question to a newsgroup devoted to WORD. -- Ken Snell <MS ACCESS MVP> <somebody[ at ]somewhere.com> wrote in message news:d4cqv1tnoa1quq23r6a1in3lqb0bedpf9l[ at ]4ax.com... [Quoted Text] >I recorded and edited this macro to remove unwanted characters from a > word 2003 document. < snipped >