Re: Bookmark with overwrite function?
- From: Jay Freedman <jay.freedman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:16:35 -0400
You can apply Underline formatting to the tab character to get that
effect.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:44:03 -0700, "pvdalen"
<pvdalen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hey Jay,
>
>Thanks very much for the response. This may sound stupid, because I'm
>generally aware of issues regarding using spaces, but the only reason I was
>attempting it this way was to have the remainder of the space between the
>bookmark(s) and next column of text printed with an underline character.
>I'll give your suggestion a shot.
>
>Thanks very much!
>Paul
>
>"Jay Freedman" wrote:
>
>> pvdalen wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I've an Access db that writes to a Word document using bookmarks. I
>> > have the template lined up just the way I want it; when the db writes
>> > info to the template, the lines become offset by the difference in
>> > text length between the bookmark and the data replacing the bookmark.
>> > For example, if "McCracken" replaces "Last", the rest of the line is
>> > adjusted 5 places to the right for the extra characters in
>> > "McCracken". If at all possible, I'd very much like to have the
>> > system account for the extra spaces and delete them during the
>> > process.
>> >
>> > I was playing around with Word.Options.AutoFormatAsYouTypeInsertOvers
>> > and Word.Options.Overwrite, but couldn't get them to work. Are one
>> > of these the way to go? Or do I have to programmatically use the
>> > Len() function to calcuate the difference in the text strings and
>> > then add/delete spaces? If so, how exactly would that look?
>> >
>> > I hope this made sense and thanks very much for your time and help.
>> > Paul
>>
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> It's not so much that it does or doesn't make sense, as that you're trying
>> to solve the wrong problem.
>>
>> I assume that the placeholder (what you're calling a bookmark, but that's
>> something different in Word's jargon) is followed on the same line by other
>> text, and you're trying to make sure the other text doesn't move when you
>> make the replacement. There are two 'proper' ways to do that, and neither of
>> them involves spaces.
>>
>> (1) Set a tab stop at the proper position for the beginning of the other
>> text, and separate the placeholder from that text with a tab character. As
>> long as the replacement's length is shorter than the distance up to the tab
>> stop, the other text won't move.
>>
>> (2) Create a two-column table, inserting the placeholder in the first cell
>> and the other text in the second cell. If you turn off the table's borders,
>> and set Table > AutoFit to "Fixed column width", the replacement won't
>> affect the position.
>>
>> The trouble with positioning by spaces is that, unless you format the text
>> in a nonproportional font such as Courier New or Lucida Sans Typewriter, you
>> can't guarantee alignment of the following text. You certainly can't figure
>> out the physical width of text by counting its characters.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Jay Freedman
>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>>
>>
>>
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