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Compatible with WordPerfect 8,9,10,11,12,X3
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Contains 5 macros:
HiLiteDoc.wcm (v1.6)
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Highlight words or short phrases
(63 characters or fewer) in a document based on a master list
of words contained in a separate document or entered via a pop
up menu. (New in version 1.4: An option on the first menu allows
choosing from one of 10 highlight colors.)
One of the options in HiLiteDoc
("Automatic - Use words in a separate file") requires
a separate user-created WP document containing search words.
Please see the simple instructions at the top of the macro's
code (open the macro as a normal document or use QuickView Plus),
or click on Help from the menus.
Some of the macro techniques
used: (1) Employ a separate document file (*.WPD) to sequentially
read short strings of data from, then switch documents and search
for the strings. Employ menu entry fields to do the same thing.
(2) Use a help dialog in a menu, accessed via a pushbutton. (3)
Change information on a menu without using callbacks. In HiLiteDoc,
the top half of the main menu changes accoding to a previous
menu selection or if an "Other Menu" button is pushed
on the current menu. (4) Write out information to a separate
WPD file.
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HiLiteMenu.wcm (v1.02)
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A "2-key" macro that
lets you highlight the current word or the currently selected
text with a choice of colors, then return the highlight color
back to the default. This macro is based on the HiLiteNew macro
below, but may be more useful to those who prefer using the keyboard
to the mouse. (New in version 1.01: Menu options let you delete
the highlighting uder the cursor or in a selection of text, or
let you delete all highlighting in the document.)
TIPS:
- This macro uses a PushButton
menu, but is especially useful if used as a "two-key"
macro by assigning the macro to
a convenient key combination, such as <Alt+C> (for
"color"). Then when you press these keys, the macro
will pop up a menu, whereupon you can press a color selection
key (such as "g" for "green") or click the
appropriate menu button with your mouse.
- See the QwikSet
archive for a companion macro that can change font size and other
attributes (small size, superscript, redline, etc.) with two
keystrokes.
- Advanced users: You can add
or modify the colors in the Switch() command. Be sure to edit
the menu with the Dialog Editor to add/change push buttons.
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HiLiteNew.wcm (v1.0)
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Applies a user-specified highlight
color to a selected block of text, then returns the highlight
color back to the default (usually, bright yellow). This makes
it easy to apply a different highlight color to certain text,
but retain the default color when highlighting is next applied
with the Highlight toolbar button.
The WordPerfect program "remembers"
which color was last used, so you can always reset the Highlight
button's default color manually, but this macro makes it easier
-- especially siince WordPerfect does not reset the default highlight
color between sessions. You can modify the macro's next-to-last
command to choose any default color.
TIPS:
- Several copies ("clones")
of this macro, each with a different highlight color and each
assigned to its own toolbar button or keystroke combination,
allows the quick application of different highlight colors to
various parts of the same document without impacting your default
highlight color. (The included macro is set to apply bright green
highlighting to selected text.)
- To make copies of the macro
that will apply different highlight colors, see the instructions
in the comment area at the top of the macro's code.
- If you select the same highlighted
item and play the macro again, the highlighting (only) will be
removed. It acts as a "toggle" switch.
- To play the macro(s) with a
toolbar button or keystroke, click here
for instructions. To edit the default toolbar button's icon,
click here (note the tip
about using Corel Presentations to use a more extensive color
pallette or create buttons with shading, fills, etc.).
- Here's an example of a "Highlighting"
toolbar you could create yourself with Tools, Settings, Customize,
Toobars, Create, then click Macros, Add Macro and add buttons/macros
for each color. See the comments in the macro for more information.
(Also see
the "remove highlighting" TIP at the bottom of this
column.)
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HiLiteRem.wcm (v1.02)
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Removes highlights and (optionally)
removes the highlighted words. HiLiteRem also can be used to
clean up documents containing comments, annotations, or other
text that have been marked up with highlighting.
Version 1.01 revised the menu.
Now when you choose the option to pause at each item found, a
small dialog lets you (1) remove just the highlighting from the
item, (2) remove both the highlighting and the highlighted
text, (3) skip the item, or (4) quit the macro. This should make
it easier to selectively edit a marked-up document.
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HiLiteRC.wcm (v1.04)
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Replaces the color of
existing highlighting in the document with a different color,
either the current color that is specified on the WordPerfect
toolbar (or Tools menu) or the color specified on the menu that
pops up.
A menu option allows pausing
to confirm individual replacements.
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TIPS:
Do you often
need to remove highlighting from a single highlighted
word or section of highlighted text?
WP has a built-in "Remove
Highlighting" feature that you can add to a toolbar as a
new button.
The button will be active only
if the cursor is directly on some highlighted text or if a selected
block of text contains highlighting.
Here's how to add this feature
to a toolbar:
- Right-click the toolbar and
choose Edit from the context menu. This will display the Toolbar
Editor.
- Under the Features tab, choose
Tools from the "Feature categories" drop list.
- Scroll down in the "Features"
list and choose Remove
Highlighting.
- Click on the "Add Button"
button. When the new button appears on the toolbar you can use
your mouse to drag it to a new location.
- Click OK, then Close.
Do you need to
print a document without the highlighting?
Click Tools, Highlight and de-select
the option, "Print/Show". Enable this option following
the print run.
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