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© Copyright 1996-2010 by Barry MacDonnell. All Rights Reserved.

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[Both macros are based on John Land's public domain macros.]

(1) DELCODES.WCM deletes selected single codes from a document such as [Bold On], [Hypertext Begin], [Para Spacing], [Tab Set], etc. 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 (see screen shot) can be modified in the macro code (see "Modifications" below).

(2) 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

• 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. For a macro (and some shortcuts) to facilitate the pasting process, see here.
• 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,

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).