Convert ALL fields to plain text?

Is there a way to convert ALL fields in a document, including those in headers and footers, to plain text with a single operation? I prepare legal documents. They go through many revisions. We put the document save timestamp in the footer so ...

Message posted on the May 12th, 2011 - 11:40 AM ET

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v2007: Text control (plain text): How to restrict length of data?

I am using Word 2007. I have set up a user input form which includes drop-down list controls and plain text content controls. (1) How do I restrict the number of characters that may be entered in a plain text content control? (I am aware that the ...

Message posted on the January 11th, 2009 - 12:23 PM ET

Converting hyperlinks to plain text

Is there a way to convert only hyperlinks to plain text without affecting other fields (such as page numbers, dates, etc.)? Searching the archives, I found suggestions to use both Ctrl+Shift+F9 and also Ctrl+6. On my Word 2007 system, they seem to ...

Message posted on the July 26th, 2009 - 4:48 AM ET

field to plain text

Version: 2004 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel What is the command to convert a "live" field to plain text? To do this in Word For Windows, the user right-clicks the field and chooses the "Convert to ...

Message posted on the July 14th, 2009 - 9:02 PM ET

Catalog Merge fields come as Plain Text, but datasource is Rich Te

In creating a Publisher Catalog Merge template, I have an MS Access 2007 database, with a product decription field that is a Memo field, with Rich Text formatting. When I import the field into the Catalog Merge Template the field comes over as ...

Message posted on the March 15th, 2009 - 8:24 PM ET

Convert hyperlink to plain text anchor tag

I have a book with around 2000-3000 hyperlinks in it as a work document that I have to reformat as am XML document for Flash to read. I need to convert the hyperlink field codes to a standard html anchor tag - i.e.: { HYPERLINK ...

Message posted on the May 21st, 2009 - 4:18 PM ET

changing numbered lists to 'normal' text

I have used Adobe Acrobat Pro for the first time to convert a PDF to Word (I usually use nitro but I no longer have access to it) Acrobat is not yet able to keep all of the footnotes throughout the document aligned and instead produces separate ...

Message posted on the November 14th, 2012 - 7:10 AM ET

Wildcard search does not work on Mail Merge Fields (MS Word)

I wonder whether anyone ran into this issue before - I spend a dozen of hours but could not figure out. I am writing a Word AddIn in C++. The AddIn is to convert anything between < and >. It works just fine for plain text, but does not work ...

Message posted on the April 13th, 2009 - 9:58 AM ET

Rich Text Box

I have several InfoPath forms that contain Rich Text boxes. I am using Rich Text vs. Plain Text for these fields because of size needs. When I fill out any of the forms, I cannot see the Rich Text fields from Outlook Web Access. The boxes are ...

Message posted on the July 15th, 2009 - 10:09 AM ET

Custom Text Field contents disappear

Hello, I am a Project Server 2007 administrator, running on Windows Server 2003, using SQL Server 2005. I have a Project Manager who has custom text fields in her project, where she's displaying plain text data. Except it disappears when it is ...

Message posted on the September 9th, 2009 - 4:54 PM ET

Why do legacy checkboxes freeze text fields in Word 2007?

If you use "Legacy Controls" checkboxes in Word 2007 and you have plain text or rich text fields, when you protect the document it will freeze you out of text fields after you select a checkbox. It only seems to do this with more than ...

Message posted on the January 15th, 2010 - 3:59 PM ET

RLI, Rich text from Access2007 to Powerpoint

I have an Access2007 application with a rich text formatted database field and i want to import this field into powerpoint with VBA. I have tried code like this: ppApp.ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, 416.75, ...

Message posted on the April 7th, 2009 - 1:50 AM ET

RLI, Import rich text from Access into Powerpoint

I have an Access2007 application with a rich text formatted database field and i want to import this field into powerpoint with VBA. I have tried code like this: ppApp.ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, 416.75, ...

Message posted on the April 7th, 2009 - 1:45 AM ET

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