Re: Word - Deleting ALL formatting

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Velson wrote:

As editorial assistant for a journal, I receive Word files which have to be sent to the printer as raw text. No matter what we say to the authors, they cannot resist putting figures, tables, symbols etc into their text - which messes up the printing and causes hours of proof reading and changes.

Is there a macro which will remove all the formatting, and non-text insertions?

The Word "clear formatting" command does only a partial job, and leaves many bits in place including some hidden ones which have to be picked out manually once the page proofs come back. Electronic nit-picking, and it would be nice not to deal with these bugs.

Has anyone devised a set of instructions for Word users who (like me!) do not know how to make a clean text? It is so easy to use the powerful facilities that muck up the next stage where simplicity is needed. A recent paper used a graphical minus sign that was lost in translation and has to be found and re-entered on the proofs, ca 20 occurrences.

I am using XPsp2 and Word 2002 (and WP12), but contributors use a variety of Words, and other word processors.

Thank you for any advice. At the moment, it is almost quicker to use paper copy which is then rekeyed in.

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