Re: Best way to parse/walk-thru WORD document using VBA?

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From: Word Heretic (myfullname_at_tpg.com.au)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:51:57 +1000

G'day "Jeff J Jones" <jjones#NOSPAM#@jonestc.com>,

Define parse and extract please. The current scope is literally a full
blown NLP and I find that extremely unlikely.

Usually specific data items are located by one or a combination of
these methods:

A fixed offset in a table. Eg, table 1, row 1, always has the Shrink's
name in it.

A keyword in a column of any table. Eg any table row whose cell 1
reads "Shrink's Name" has the Shrink's name in cell 2.

A bookmark of fixed name or prefix over a range.

Inline keywords. Eg, there is a heading somewhere, god knows what
style, that read's "Shrink's Name"

A specific character or paragraph style.
 
A tighter spec would make life easier mate. Why not

I have a document that has a Shrink's name in it. I don't know where I
can find this. Here are some examples of the context within which it
will be found.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
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Jeff J Jones reckoned:

>Hi,
>
>I have a large WORD document that I need to parse and extract the
>information from.
>
>The information is formatted by sections, headers and tables.
>
>I have only briefly visited the object hierarchy for WORD and so am looking
>for insight into just how best to walk this document and extract the
>information.
>
>For example, is there a way to move from cell to cell in a table?
>
>Thanks much
>
>

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