Re: Linking/Placing different texts in one text document to the right document by giving these parts a name/heading or...?

Also, how many of these "Write About Topic X" documents do you have? You could easily put 5-6 documents on the Work menu in Word, so that they are always easily accessible, and just enter the ideas in the right document in the first place. Hitting cmd-~ to switch to the right document shouldn't be any more trouble than typing a heading. (Beyond a certain number of lists, this might get annoying or confusing)

I'm a novice scripter so not the best judge, but I don't think the script you describe would be easy to write (and I think the RIGHT AWAY part would not be feasible), and it would require you to be absolutely consistent in some ways that might get annoying. Eg. if the document is named "Ideas about Sailors" and your heading was "Sailor Idea", the script might fail, although a human, or a search on "Sailor" in one of the alternate programs I recommended, would connect those two things with no problem.

Martin_asks/answers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

As a creative person I usually think of different ideas just one after another. To not forget them, I write them down, with a ballpoint or pencil, on every kind of piece of paper I can find wherever I happen to be. Soon then I will have "a collection". Then I start up my iMac and open a new Word text document and type down what I wrote by hand. (I know that there are small hand computers etc. which can be linked to my desktop computer, but somehow I prefer the good old ballpoint). And now it comes... I give a heading (name) to every idea I type down. Sometimes more than one heading too. These headings correspond with equally named text documents in which I would like to "store" them (for composing texts about that subject later on). Is there a way that I can automate my different ideas landing RIGHT AWAY in the right document?

Martin
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