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Originally Posted by macropod
Hi Jamal,
To do this properly would require a macro, plus a lookup list containing the expressions and their acronyms. Amongst other things, such a macro could ensure the first instance of 'National Spatial Plan' appears as 'National Spatial Plan (NSP)' and thereafter as 'NSP', even if the first instance in the document was incorrectly written as 'NSP' (eg because text was moved around during editing). No autocorrect function could do that.
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Thank you Paul and eNGiNe for the reply.
That’s what I wanted to know Paul. No built-in function that can do this sort of work. The macro is the only solution to manage this issue in a very INTEGRATED way.
I expect it to be very tedious kind of thing! But this function might be needed frequently by so many users! We are all using abbreviation in this workflow and sense.
The macro is supposed:
1. To derive the abbreviation automatically and written next to the term between brackets
2. To replace the full term with its abbreviation automatically if it appears anywhere in the document. The first time the term appears must NOT be replaced.
Best
Jamal