Re: Automating a list of aronyms from an existing document

From: Greg Maxey (gmaxey_at_whamspammvps.org)
Date: 05/07/04 

Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 01:29:54 GMT

DeRobertis,

I was in a hurry and got careless.

The first Find/Replace should be:

In the find what field, type [!A-Z]
In the replace with field type +
Select Replace All

The second should be:

In the find what field, type +[!+]+
In the replace field, type +
Select Replace All
Delete the first single letter at the beginning of the document. 

-- 
Greg Maxey
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Rockledge, FL
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Greg Maxey wrote:
> DeRobertis,
>
> A better way may come around.
>
> I don't know how you could completely automate this task, but you
> could simplify it by automarking your acronyms using
> Insert>Reference>Index>Automark.
>
> First we have to create a Automark file.  This file needs to be an
> alphabetical listing of your acronyms.  You indicated that they were
> dispersed throughout your document in ALL CAPs.
>
> Save your document as new file (Call it Automark).  Lets use
> Edit>Replace and wild cards to see if we can eliminate everything is
> this new document except the words in ALL CAPS.  Click the More
> button and check use wildcards.
>
> In the find what field, type   [!A-]
> In the replace with field type +
> Select Replace All
>
> Now lets get rid of single CAP letters.
>
> In the find what field, type +[!+]+
> In the replace field, typr =
> Select Replace All
> Delete the first single letter at the beginning of the document.
>
> Next lets make a list of the words separated with paragraph marks
>
> In the find what field, type +{1,}
> In the replace with field, type ^p
> Select Replace All
>
> Next sort the list.
> Select the list
> Table>Sort>By Paragraphs>Text>Ascending
>
> Finally lets elliminate duplicates
> In the find what field, type (*^13){1,}
> In the replace with field, type \1
> Select Replace All
>
> Save your AutoMark file
>
> Now you can use this file to automark the acronyms in your document to
> create and index.
>
> HTH
>
> DeRobertis wrote:
>> I have a long document with extensive use of acronyms.  I am required
>> to generate an acronym list at the end of the document.  Is there a
>> way to automate that process (the acronyms will be all caps,
>> obviously, if that helps)?  Is there a way to ensure that each
>> acronym is shown only once in the acronym list?
>>
>> Thanks.