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10+ |
Michael L. Fitzhugh
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WPLANIT.ZIP (11/06/08; 758,297 bytes) - Uploaded 01/15/09
Note
- Be sure to read the readme.txt file
in the above ZIP archive. It contains important instructions
about where to place the included files.
- If you are looking for a way to print monthly
and annual calendars, find the day of week a date falls
on, or calculate 'x' days from a given date, see
this page.
Purpose and description
WPlanit is a free (open-source) personal
calendering application by Mike Fitzhugh.
Although written in PerfectScript (intended for use with WordPerfect
10 and above) and thus is technically a WordPerfect "macro",
it is larger than most macros, even complicated ones, and is
correspondingly powerful.
Mike has a harried life with a frantic schedule,
but WPlanit fulfills all his scheduling needs with scarcely a
hiccup--and he included various calendaring features that he
himself doesn't use. Of course, WPlanit won't be the best scheduling
software for everyone, but that's true even of its commerical
competitors.
WPlanit's 38-page user tutorial includes
a section at the beginning listing its limitations (and another
section later listing its bugs), and the introductory section
also gives you a brief summary of its capabilities, enabling
you to make a quick decision about whether to try it or not.
Caveats: WPlanit
has been fully tested and should work smoothly on Windows 2000/WordPerfect
12 with no problems aside from those discussed in the tutorial.
It has been tested briefly on Windows XP/WordPerfect 11 with
no problems, but without a full test, the author feels uncomfortable
saying it will perform perfectly. Although WPlanit will run on
Windows 98/WordPerfect 8, the macro is too unstable to be used
on that platform; the author doesn't know if the problem lies
with Windows 98 or with WP8. The author does not own WordPerfect
9, 10, X3, or X4 and therefore has no idea how it will perform
on those platforms; it may not work at all, and the author, while
not wishing to seem unfriendly, currently has no time for fixing
bugs or answering questions about the application--that's what
the tutorial is for. His contact information is included in the
download, but if you email him about anything covered in the
tutorial, your message will simply be ignored. You will also
be ignored if you ask for bug fixes or feature requests: while
Mike is mildly dissatisfied with a few things in WPlanit, it
does everything he needs it to do. He's been using it for nearly
years now with no problems, and since the program fulfills his
needs as it stands, he will not be working on it further. (You
should also refrain from directing questions to Barry MacDonnell,
the webmaster of this site. He doesn't know any more about WPlanit
than you do.) |
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9 |
Stephen Ford
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FORD.ZIP (33,505 bytes) - Contains two WPD documents -
- Macro Commands.wpd - A listing of all product
and system macro commands. Makes it easy to search for a command
when you know only part of the command's name. Then use WP's
Macro Help for information about that command.
- WP9 keyboard template.wpd - a modified version
of WP9FKeys. It lines up
descriptive labels above the function keys on a standard keyboard.
Easily modified for other keyboard layouts.
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8+ |
Ron Hirsch
Downloading,
Documentation, Modifications, and Support
Other macros by Ron
WordPerfect 11 users: See important
information here about using macros and some templates in
the first release of WP11 (11.0.0.233). |
Note: Ron Hirsch has graciously contributed these macros.
Replace Codes - Plus
has been modified by Barry MacDonnell with Ron's permission. If
you have problems or suggestions, you can contact Ron at his new e-mail
address (as of April 2007): ronhirsch1439 @ comcast.net (remove spaces). Download REPLACE.ZIP (04/13/06; 54,088 bytes).
Contains three macros:
- Replace Codes - Plus.wcm (v1.02) for
WordPerfect versions 9 and later versions
- Replace Codes - Plus.wcm (V1.01) for WordPerfect versions 8-12 (does not process WordPerfect styles)
- Replace font size via menu.wcm
REPLACE CODES - PLUS: PURPOSE and DESCRIPTION
Replace Codes - Plus.wcm is a macro that can change, augment
(i.e., add to) or remove font attributes such as
- bold
- italics
- underline
- double underline
- highlighting
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- strikeout
- shadow
- small caps
- redline
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As Ron says,
"This macro allows the user to
modify the font attribute codes of bold, italic, underline, double
underline, strikeout, shadow, small caps, redline ... and also
add, replace, or remove highlighting in a document. Codes can
be turned off, added to, or deleted. While it is possible to
do code deletions via WP's search and replace feature, changing
codes in a large document can be a long and arduous task without
the use of a macro to do the work."
For example:
- You can change all underlines to italics
(or vice versa), or all bold words to bold+underlined+redlined words, or add highlighting
to all (or some) words to which an attribute
was already applied.
- (Version 1.02:) You can replace (for example)
bold attributes with a custom style, to make it easier
to change the style's attributes later throughout the document
by changing any one instance of the style. (For more on styles,
see here.)
- You can (optionally) delete the text between
the chosen codes (useful for removing "draft" text
or other annotations).
See the sample
screen shot of the menu. Menu options allow you to
- start at the top of the document or the current
cursor location;
- pause and prompt for each change;
- work inside headers, footers, footnotes,
and endnotes; and/or
- delete both the chosen item's codes and
the text between them.
IMPORTANT NOTES, TIPS and CAVEATS
- New in version 1.02
(for WP9 and later versions only) is the ability to apply a style
to replace an existing format attribute. For example, you could
replace highlighted text with a custom style (that may also contain
highlighting).
- Since a style can contain more than one format
attribute -- a style is like a container of several formatting
codes and/or text -- this may be useful under a variety of circumstances.
Plus, once you apply a style, it is easy to change the "look"
of the style wherever it appears by simply changing one instance
of that style.
- If you later need to replace the new style
with another style, you can use the REPLSTYL
macro. (REPLSTYL can also remove a style.) You can also include
codes in a style to mark the style
(thus, any instance of it in the document) for inclusion in a
Table of Contents.
- When applying styles to replace format
attributes:
- The style you want to use must exist in the
current document. When asked, be sure to enter the name EXACTLY
as it appears in the document's Style List (on the text property
bar, or shown in Format, Styles).
- Styles can be either Paragraph or Character.
However, Paragraph styles will affect the entire paragraph to
which they are applied, which may or may not be what you want.
(They should work well if the original formatted selection was
also a paragraph.)
- Character styles will affect only text bracketed
by the pair of format codes that you chose from the main menu's
left group, and probably are the most useful.
- Note that Document ("open") styles
will not work properly in this macro since they have no ending
codes; therefore, use only Paragraph or Character styles.
- If you enable the "Stop at each item..."
option on the dialog that appears when you choose to appply a
style (or if you choose the 'Prompt...' option from the main
menu) you will see the effects of applying the style to a particular
item; if you don't like the result, you can Quit at that point.
Any changes can be undone with Edit, Undo.
- Applying highlighting
- WordPerfect X4+ users (Update: July 2008): If you use Tools, Redaction
during draft document creation, Redaction codes ([Redact:Mark])
will be inserted in the document. These appear to act like (gray)
highlighting and they
might be removed if highlighting is
applied, or if [Highlight] codes are removed globally.
Be careful when applying
(or removing) highlighting in such a document. You don't want
to accidentally remove "markers" for text that should
be redacted. It is better to convert the
document to a redacted version first. For more information
about this issue and some macro code snippets, see this
PDF document.
- The default highlight color (bright yellow)
used by the macro when adding highlighting is coded into the
macro at about line 36 with the command, HighlightColor (Red: 255; Green: 255; Blue: 0; Shade:
100). If you remove or comment out
this command ("//"), you'll be able to preselect any
highlight color before playing the macro. In the same vein, you
can set some other default color for the macro to use by changing
the command's parameters (color values can be 0-255; shade values
are 0-100).
- TIP:
To replace one highlight color with another wherever it occurs,
simply play the macro and replace all existing highlighting in
the document with something you aren't using in that document,
such as the Shadow font attribute. Then set the new highlight
color on the toolbar and play the macro again, replacing all
Shadow attributes with highlighting. Or, you could use HILITERC
(included in HILITE.ZIP) to change the color of existing
highlighting in a document.
- To change attribute codes
to text markers, see CODE2TXT,
a macro that changes text surrounded by attribute codes (e.g.,
[Bold On][Bold Off]) to text surrounded by user-defined text
markers (e.g., <B></B>), such as HTML tags, Folio
markup codes, Ventura codes, etc.
- Strikeout and redline
font attributes are paired codes,
applied from the WordPerfect Format/Font menu, and are not the
same thing as deletions and insertions that are created with
File/Document/Compare or Review, even though they may look the
same on screen. The latter are not processed by this macro.
- Apply format attributes
to words throughout the document in one pass: For macros that can find multiple words/phrases anywhere
in the document and add a font attribute (e.g., italics)
to all of them, see the footnotes here.
REPLACE FONT SIZE VIA MENU: PURPOSE AND DESCRIPTION Replace Font Size via
menu.wcm (v1.01; 04/13/06)
This macro has two basic operations:
(1) It changes one font size to another
size, or
(2) it removes the specified
font size throughout the document.
Note that #1 works on paired [Font
Size] codes, not on codes that may be part of the document's
initial style (or other style), or the default template. Paired
font size codes are applied whenever you select some text and
change the font for that selection.
New in version 1.01:
You can specify decimal sizes (e.g., 11.5). Just type the decimal
size directly into the appropriate menu field(s).
Tip: To replace multiple instances of one font type
with another font type (from Jan Berinstein on WordPerfect
Universe, 02/27/04):
With the cursor at the very top of the
document, invoke Find and Replace. Click the "Type"
menu at the top of the F&R dialog box, then click "Specific
Codes." In the sub-dialog that appears, click "Font,"
then "OK." You should be able to use pull-down menus
to instruct WP to replace [the first font] with [the second font],
and then click "Replace All." Be sure to repeat the
process at least once, since I've found that it sometimes misses
a few instances on the first pass.
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OTHER MACROS BY RON
HIRSCH
AUTORUN2.ZIP - (05/30/03; 4,987 bytes) - AutoRun2 is a macro that
offers a FILE>OPEN window and plays some user-specified macro
code automatically when a document is opened. See the instructions
at the top of the macro code.
CLEANUP.ZIP - Contains a macro to clean up e-mail messages copied
into WordPerfect. The macro removes hard returns within paragraphs
(so that they will wrap properly), line breaks, extra spaces,
">" and "<" symbols, etc. See the comments
at the top of the macro's code. Uploaded 11/1/99; 4,083 bytes.
See also FixMsgs in the Library,
which offers similar capabilities.
FORMFILL.ZIP - A macro to facilitate filling in preprinted (paper)
forms using WP and your printer. Useful if you need to fill in
the same form many times. See also "Filling
in forms using WordPerfect". Uploaded 9/1/02; 30,934
bytes. (Works in WP10.0.0.719 - Ed.)
GREENBAR.ZIP - Contains a WP 8+ macro that
formats tables to mimic 3-row "green bar" fanfold paper
using gray table cell fills that alternate every 3 rows with
no fills. Uploaded 2/16/00; 7,711 bytes. See also RowLines
in the Library.
GRIDS.ZIP - A macro that generates various watermark grid designs
in a watermark. Great for quickly printing sheets of graph paper
as well as setting up a grid under body text. The user can set
up whatever grid sizes and rows/columns that are desired; lines
and fill areas can have colors selected by the user. Uploaded
10/27/00; 10,134 bytes.
MACROTIP.ZIP
- Macro Tips and Tricks. A short WP document to help beginners
write their own macros. Uploaded 2/21/00; 8,107 bytes.
MACROS_2.ZIP - More Macro Tips and Tricks. Contains 4 files, a
WPD and 3 WP8/9 macros. According to the author, "These
files are the basis for a learning experience in WP for macros
and dialog boxes. The 5-page document details the exact procedure
for recording a simple macro. It then provides the steps necessary
to construct a dialog box in that macro. Each step of the way
is clearly presented, with commentary where applicable. The three
macro files are stages in the construction of the final macro
which is the third macro file. This final macro is complete,
with numerous notes, and commentary contained within the body
of the macro." Uploaded 2/25/00; 22,289 bytes.
SPECPAPR.ZIP
- "Special Paper Sizes" (Rev 5d) - A WordPerfect
8/9 macro by Ron Hirsch that fools WP and your printer into accepting
any paper size. Cures problems with some printers that can't
properly print special size pages. Uploaded 12/11/01; 20,547
bytes. Not tested under WP10 but should work in that version.
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6-12 (but some may work in
later versions) |
John Land
Note: These macros are in the public domain
and are not supported by the Toolbox for Wordperfect.
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Over 160 WordPerfect for Windows macros in
a ZIP archive file. Documentation included.
JLMACS80.ZIP (963,987 bytes) - For WordPerfect 8 - but many
(if not most) will work with WordPerfect 9+. Originally
published on CompuServe. Dedicated to the public domain by John Land, Esq.
Thanks, John!
Note - If you
aren't sure if these macros are for you, you can download
the JLMACRO.WPD document or read
it here online.
EXAMPLES
- One of the most useful macros in John's collection
is #WATERMK.WCM, which
- "inserts a stamp vertically in
the left margin [or any of 8 other locations] using Watermark
B. Includes DRAFT, REDLINE, RESPONSE REQUIRED, RESPONSE OPTIONAL,
INFORMATIONAL ONLY, CONFIDENTIAL, COPY, SECOND COPY, and SAMPLE,
you can also specify your own, including point size and gray
shade. The general position on the page and rotation (in 90 degree
increments) can be specified." [See screen shot.]
- Tip: Once the watermark stamp is created
it can be edited by double-clicking the [Watermark] code in Reveal
Codes, then double-clicking on the [Box] code that contains the
stamp. You could add a date or other information to the stamp.
- Another good example of John's work is #FIX.WCM
(FIX TEXT PROBLEMS):
- Fix line endings by removing occurrences
of extra spaces before or after a carriage return codes, page
codes, table cells, etc., and fix the endings of footnotes and
endnotes to delete unwanted spaces, HRt codes, tabs, and indents.
- Delete excess HRt codes to at most 2 in sequence.
- Change single HRt codes to spaces (useful
for cleaning up imported ASCII text files); leaves alone a sequence
of HRt codes separating paragraphs
- Change typewriter "quotes" to "fancy"
printers quotes (a/k/a typographical quotes).
- Deletes "empty" attribute pairs
in a document (e.g., [UND][und], with no printable characters
in between).
- Convert paired hyphens to a single printers
em dash or en dash, or a hyphen character to a hyphen, or a "[space]
hyphen [space]" to an en dash. The macro inserts an "invisible
soft return" before and after each em dash, and after (not
before) each en dash, so that words divided by dashes can break
at the end of a line.
- Converts double spaces to single spaces.
- Delete extra spaces in a document to at most
2 in sequence.
- Convert spaces to left tabs or left indents
(you can select the minimum number of spaces to search; the default
is 3).
- Convert left tabs to left indents.
- #PAR2TXT.WCM converts WordPerfect's outline paragraph numbers
(those created with Insert, Outline/Bullets & Numbering...)
to ordinary text numbers. NOTE: For WordPerfect 8 and later, download PAR2TXT.ZIP
here (7,101 bytes) which contains
a slightly modified version of the macro that has been tweaked
to run under WP8+. But also note that the macro will convert
other paragraph styles (e.g., Heading 2) to ordinary body text.
- #PARCONV.WCM - does the opposite:
- "Searches and replaces text paragraph
numbers (e.g., 1.1, 1.11, 1(c), etc.) and replaces them with
automatic paragraph numbering codes. Useful for converting a
document keyed in with fixed character paragraph numbers. Position
dependent and independent paragraph codes can be selected.
- Note that ANY paragraph beginning with a
1-6 character "word" AND having a ( or ) or . within
the word is considered to be a paragraph number. Thus, a paragraph
BEGINNING with "U.S.A." WILL have the "U.S.A."
converted into a paragraph code. Accordingly, this macro normally
should be used in prompted mode.
- Can also be used to add paragraph numbers
to existing "plain" text that has no text paragraph
numbers; this forces prompted mode."
- IMPORTANT: You probably will want to edit
the macro as follows:
- Change the Application line to Application
(A1; "WordPerfect"; Default!)
- Comment out ("//") all the Display()
commands -- there are eight of them -- except the Display(On!)
command that immediately follows DialogShow ("menu";"WordPerfect").
There should be a Display(On!) command active at that point (but
not a Display(Off!)). Crude editing, but effective.
- The macro defaults to numbering paragraphs
with the standard "Numbers" outline style, but this
can be changed in the vLevel[] array at the end of the macro
code.
- For macro writers:
John's _CODES.WCM macro shows codes and numerical character values
of the item to the left and right of the cursor. You can move
the cursor and the display is automatically refreshed, allowing
you to see multiple codes while the macro is running. For WordPerfect
8 and later versions.
ALTERNATIVES
- A slightly modified version of _CODES.WCM,
renamed ShowCodes.wcm, can be found in the CODECHAR.ZIP
file by Lindsay Rollo (see below).
It now shows the actual character to the left and right of the
cursor.
- NUMCONV.ZIP (8/8/00; 28,551 bytes) - Need to change numbers or
dollar amounts to words? Here are two slightly modified versions
of John Land's ^numcnvt.wcm macro to convert numbers (123, $123.45,
12%) to words ("One Hundred Twenty-three..." etc.).
The "S" (short) version leaves off the trailing parentheses
that enclose the original numerals.
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9+ |
Roy ("lemoto")
Lewis
Corel C_Tech |
SWAPTHEM.ZIP
(5,229 bytes) - a simple macro that swaps any two selected items
(names, phrases, etc.) throughout a document. Just select the
first item and play the macro. A message will appear to ask you
to select the second item and click OK. The macro will swap all
instances of item #1 (e.g., "Party 1") with item #2
(e.g., "Party 2"). SWAPTHEM was written in WordPerfect
9.0.0.883, but should work in other versions.
See also John Land's #SWAP2.WCM in JLMACS80.ZIP.
It uses a dialog menu where you type in the two items, and has
several search and replace options.
Many other macros
and other items by Roy Lewis are directly downloadable from his
web site at http://lemoto.myby.co.uk/mcMenFl.htm. (For support or broken links, please contact Roy
at notanexpert@blueyonder.co.uk.)
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Gordon McComb
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See Gordon's page of free macros here.
Also:
COUNTER8.ZIP for WP7, WP8, WP9, and later. (16Kb)
COUNTER6.ZIP for WP61 (Windows
3.1) (16Kb)
[These two files can be found on Gordon McComb's
web site at http://www.gmccomb.com/vault/
under the names "Counter
for WPWin 7/8" and "Counter for WPWin 6.1". They were renamed here to avoid conflicts
with the author's own COUNTER.ZIP and to allow storing them in
the same download folder.]
Descriiption:
"Counter is a generic counter system
for WordPerfect for Windows. It keeps track of one or more counters
in documents; the counters are for automatically incrementing
numbers, such as invoice numbers, order numbers, and customer
numbers. Can be used with any document or template. Counters
are configured by editing a simple text file; there is no need
to alter the macro engine. Distributed free, and comes with documentation.
For use with WPWin 7 and 8 (Windows 95); not for use with WPWin
6.x or WPWin 7 for Windows 3.1."
NOTE 1: COUNTER8.ZIP is also bundled inside Barry MacDonnell's
INVOICE.ZIP. Barry's Invoice.wcm macro can (optionally) use Gordon's
Counter.wcm to create an automatically incrementing invloice
number at the time the invoice is generated by the macro. Invoice.wcm
with Counter.wcm work together very well under Windows XP and
WP9.
NOTE 2: If you use WP6.1, use COUNTER6.ZIP instead of COUNTER8.ZIP.
Other macros by Gordon McComb, including some
that create calendars and menus, can be downloaded from http://www.gmccomb.com/vault/.
(No support or warranty is offered for these
two macros.)
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7+ |
Lindsay Rollo
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- INDEXING.ZIP
(08/24/08; 296,876 bytes) - Includes three macros and a PDF document
(Indexes and Indexing.pdf) which outlines an approach to creating
indexes; identifies alternative methods of selecting and marking
index entries; demonstrates a technique for creating multiple
indexes to any document; lists macros designed to assist indexing;
and provides an example of a suitable index format.
- Creating
Custom Keyboards.pdf (08/07/08; PDF
file, 597,521 bytes) - The document outlines the advantages of
personal or project keyboards, and illustrates how to assign
features, text, programs, and macros to keyboards and templates.
It includes a method of recording the assignments. [See also
Assigning a macro, feature, program,
or string of keystrokes to a key or key combination (i.e.,
a "shortcut" or "hot key").]
- TRANSLATE.ZIP (12/30/05; 35,631 bytes) - This package comprises
four macros and an explanatory document. It was developed to
process translated documents but may also be used with English
third party documents. Co-incidentally the macros can provide
items for inclusion in indexes, and glossaries.
- MisSpelt.wcm captures as a list all text
entries identified by the
Spell Checker as 'mis-spelt' or not already added to a custom
dictionary.
- CleanUp.wcm removes punctuation and other
characters and some codes
from lists, sorts the list and deletes duplicate entries. Additional
or alternative characters and codes can be easily added.
- ExtractLC.wcm separates into two documents
list entries with an
initial upper case or lower case character.
- Hyphen_Dash.wcm substitutes the WP CharSet
value 4,33 [-] for a
hyphen.
- CODECHAR.ZIP (11/23/04; 123,924 bytes) - Finding and Using Codes
and Characters in WordPerfect Macros
- Knowing which character or code precedes
or follows the cursor may be an important factor in making a
macro work successfully. This document assembles information
about using the system variables ?Left/?RightCode :: ?Left/?RightChar
to find codes and characters in WordPerfect macros. Some macro
tips and code fragments are included, together with guides to
additional resources and other details that affect the use of
variables and commands. A macro that displays code values adjacent
to the cursor is included.
- SPACES2TAB.ZIP (8/22/04; 4,702 bytes) - Searches for and deletes
all occurrences of multiple spaces and substitutes a LeftTab
code. Particularly useful when tabular material converted from
other programs use multiple spaces to preserve visual appearance
of the original document or table. Can be easily modified to
substitute a single space or other character or code in documents.
- PGLNNO.ZIP (07/18/04; 22,690 bytes) - "Page-Line-Number"
- A macro written by New Zealand author Lindsay Rollo that finds
a specified character string in a document and records in a second
document the page number, line number, and type and location
of each string's occurrence. [See also PageLine
in the main Library, which can produce a complete page- and line
number Index.]
- SPACES.ZIP (98,375 bytes) - WordPerfect users who produce self-published
documents, prepare them as camera-ready copy, or who generate
PDF files will appreciate this archive file. It includes a free
font, space.ttf, to produce typographical hard spaces,
which improve readability in headings, measurements, etc.
- WPWIN does not provide for typographic spaces
- that is fixed spaces of various widths that are proportional
of the base font size. At least three typographic spaces are
usually available in dedicated DTP programs. This archive file
includes a TrueType font for creating typographic spaces [licensed
for personal use], and explanatory notes and examples about the
uses for typographic spaces in general documents of all types
and particularly for compliance with ISO standards and academic
publishing standards in scientific, technical and professional
journals, reports and publications. The notes are in PDF format,
and include a macro example for WordPerfect.
- Incluided in the above ZIP file is a separate
zrchive file, SPACERS.ZIP, which contains six macros. These macros can be assigned to keystrokes such as Alt+1,
Alt+2, etc., to automate the insertion of typographical spaces.
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8+ |
Charles Rossiter
Corel C_Tech |
ALLROSSITERMACROS.ZIP
(253,057 bytes; 1 May 08) - Macros by Charles
Rossiter
The archive contains a WPD document and these
macros:
- AppBarMsg.wcm - (WP9+) To
display messages at the bottom right of the screen:
Page X of Y
Word count
Character count
User-defined message
- CharCount.wcm (WP9+) - To
provide word, character and white space counts for main text,
footnotes, endnotes, headers/footers, text boxes and comments
separately. May be applied to whole document or to selected text.
The results may be written to the clipboard and so be pasted
into the current or a new document.
- CleanSave.wcm - To save a
file with a refreshed internal header, with old metadata removed.
Options:
Saves the file with original date and time (optional).
Saves with the original document summary (optional).
Saves with a backup file (optional).
Saves with default font settings and language settings.
- ConvertCaseInitialCaps.wcm
(For WP10 and later versions) - To workaround a bug in WPWin10
and later, which causes the WPWin command Convert Case Initial
Capitals to fail, if the Tools, Settings, Convert option "Do
not use printer metrics" has been selected and written to
the default template. The macro could be attached to the Edit,
Convert menu.
- Delete Current File.wcm (NOT
for WP8 - but see Shredder) - To delete the file currently on-screen.
- FloatingCellToolbar.wcm -
Toggle the TableFormulaCellBar on/off for Floating Cells.
- Julian.wcm - To calculate
Julian dates, and numbers of days between 2 dates.
- Margins Set.wcm (Not needed
for WPWin8, but functions correctly) - To set margins for pages
and labels. Correction for bug in WPWin9 and later.
- NewSave.wcm - To save a file
with a refreshed internal header. As CleanSave.wcm, but without
the options.
- QWManage.wcm - Manage QuickWords.
A. Create a 2 column table listing all QuickWords Abbreviations
and their Expansions defined in the current, default and supplemental
templates.
B. Restore QuickWords and their expansions from the output of
option A created in a table with 2 columns of Abbreviations and
Expansions.
- Reverse Case.wcm - To reverse
the case of selected text.
- SMR.wcm - Macro for calculating
the 95% confidence intervals for a Standardized Mortality Ratio,
given the values of at least 2 of SMR, observed deaths, expected
deaths.
- SearchCodes.wcm - Dialog
for displaying common codes to be searched for, and for deleting
or replacing these codes from a document.
- Style List.wcm - Creates
a list of all document and outline styles in the default template.
- TableAttributesRemove.wcm
- Removes Table and Table Cell attributes; leaves table text
attributes unchanged.
- TextOpen_Save.wcm (WP9+)
- To provide all options available for opening and saving Ansi/Ascii
files.
- WordCount.wcm (WP9+) - To
provide word counts for main text, footnotes, endnotes, headers/footers,
text boxes and comments separately. May be applied to whole document
or to selected text. The results may be written to the clipboard
and so be pasted into the current or a new document.
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Jim
Shackleford
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Need to insert identical text in
several locations that you can change easily and quickly? Here's
a macro for WordPerfect 9/10+ to do it (for other WP versions,
or to use a Style as an alternative, see below):
FAUXVAR9.ZIP (16,867 bytes) - A WordPerfect 9/10 macro that mimics
WP10's new document variables feature. As Jim's overview states:
"WordPerfect 10, part of Corel
WordPerfect Office 2002, introduced a new feature – document
variables. Document variables allow a user to create, save, and
retrieve variables which can be placed into a document. This
allows the user to simply change the value of the variable in
one place and have those changes reflected throughout the document." [Ed.- This includes variables inside headers,
footers, notes, etc.]
"FAUXVAR is a WordPerfect macro
system which mimics the behavior of document variables through
the use of character styles. Up to 99 faux variables can be used
in a document. If you wish to create, edit, save or retrieve
faux variables, this macro will simplify the procedure. You may
still use WordPerfect’s built-in styles editor if you desire."
He also states, "You can use faux
variables with WordPerfect 10. You may wish to do this if you
share documents with others with earlier versions of WordPerfect."
NOTE: In addition to the method Jim describes
to edit a faux variable, you can also double-click the variable's
code in the Reveal Codes window.
Copy the macro and its two helper files to
your default or supplemental macros folder. You may want to play
the macro from a toolbar button
or key combination. The macro
has a Help button that explains how to create and edit these
variables.
Jim has several free macros for download at
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For
earlier versions of WordPerfect (i.e., WP9 and earlier) that
do not have the Insert, Variable feature, you can
use a style to duplicate this feature:
You can create a Character style that contains
the text you want to appear in various places in your document.
Then just apply the style in each location (no need to type the
text at those locations since it is already "inside"
the style itself). Here's how.
1. Click on Format, Styles, Create. This brings
up the Styles Editor.
2. Give the new style a name and brief description.
Choose "Character" as the Type. Be sure to check the
box, "Automatically update style when changed in document."
3. In the Contents field of the Styles Editor,
enter (or paste) your text. Format it if desired.
4. Click OK, then Close, to return to the
document.
In the document (in an empty area), click
Format, Styles, and choose the new style in the left pane, then
click Insert. (Or, even easier: select the style from the drop
list on your property bar.)
The text should appear in the document, but
if you look in Reveal Codes, all you'll see is a pair of [Char
Style] codes. Click on any one of these codes to bring up the
Styles Editor, make any changes, then close the Styles Editor.
The change should appear wherever the style was applied.
Notes
- This use of a style is basically the same
idea behind the new Variable feature of WP10/11.
- There appears to be a limit of about 4,000
characters that you can use inside a variable or style's Contents
field.
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