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MS Office Forum / Word / Long Documents / September 2006Random Lines
I'm using Word 2002. I've OCR'd a long text and am cleaning it up. There are lines here and there. They are not graphical lines. They are not underlines or text-created lines. They are the lines that when highlighted, show a colored round "handle" at each end. There are hundreds of them. I'd like to find a quick way to get rid of all of them. Suggestions? Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain, yours truly, <*(((>< ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ If the have handles such as you describe, they *are* drawing lines. You should be able to click on them and delete them.  SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > I'm using Word 2002. I've OCR'd a long text and am cleaning > it up. There are lines here and there. They are not graphical lines. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > <*(((>< ~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~ Yes -- but I want to not have to click on 100's of them and delete them, one by one. Is there a quicker way? Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain, yours truly, <*(((>< ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ >If the have handles such as you describe, they *are* drawing lines. You >should be able to click on them and delete them. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> <*(((>< ~~~ >> ~~~~~~~~~~~ Try saving the document as a .txt file. SignatureHope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP > Yes -- but I want to not have to click on 100's of them and > delete them, one by one. Is there a quicker way? [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >>> <*(((>< ~~~ >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks for the idea, but ... I can't do that. There's too much other formatting that I have to keep. I can use find/replace on formatting to get the styles applied. But unless someone can think of another way -- I guess I'm going to have to hunt and peck and find hundreds of drawing lines and delete them one by one. I was hoping that somehow they might be on a different layer that I could go to and just kill them all. Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain, yours truly, <*(((>< ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ >Try saving the document as a .txt file. > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >>>> <*(((>< ~~~ >>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~ Possibly helpful: See if you can use the Browse Object (that little circle between the double arrows in the bottom right corner) to go Next Graphic, Next Graphic, Next Graphic, etc. Might speed it up a little. Use the double arrow to repeat Next Graphic, no need to bring up the circle-menu again. Explains the browse object, if necessary: http://daiya.mvps.org/browseobject.htm What if you activated one, to get into the drawing layer, and tried Select All and delete (ON A COPY)? Doesn't work? > Thanks for the idea, but ... I can't do that. There's too > much other formatting that I have to keep. I can use find/replace on [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >>>>> <*(((>< ~~~ >>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~ SignatureDaiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: <http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html> What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Use a macro containing the following code: Dim i As Long For i = ActiveDocument.Shapes.Count To 1 Step -1 ActiveDocument.Shapes(i).Delete Next SignatureHope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP > Thanks for the idea, but ... I can't do that. There's too > much other formatting that I have to keep. I can use find/replace on [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >>>>> <*(((>< ~~~ >>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Doug, You have made my Tuesday a happy one. The macro was a snap. Thanks so much for thinking of it and posting! :-) Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain, yours truly, <*(((>< ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ >Use a macro containing the following code: > [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] >>>>>> <*(((>< ~~~ >>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~
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