Insert text at the end of a sentence Find/Replace

AlmostFriday · #1 05-28-2012, 04:05 AM

Help - I'm stuck

I'm trying to insert "<end level = "4">" at the end of all the sentences that start with "<start level = "4">"

E.g.
from:

<start level = "4"> The rubber duck went quack-quack.
to:
<start level = "4"> The rubber duck went quack-quack.<end level = "4">

Is there a way of ignoring the text and going straight to the end of the sentence?

macropod · #2 05-29-2012, 04:07 AM

Try the following macro:

Code:

Sub AddTags()
Dim Snt As Range
For Each Snt In ActiveDocument.Sentences
  If InStr(Snt.Text, "<start level = ""4""> ") = 1 Then
    Snt.InsertAfter "<end level = ""4""> "
  End If
Next
End Sub

To use it, see: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

AlmostFriday · #3 06-14-2012, 08:49 AM

Thank you Macropod
But, I can't get it to work.

macropod · #4 06-14-2012, 02:24 PM

That's not exactly descriptive.

gmaxey · #5 06-17-2012, 04:38 AM

The problem with the sentence collection is that Word often can't determine what they really are.

Paul, try your code on:

<start level = "4"> Mr. Duck, a small rubber duck, went quack-quack.

AF, are these snippets of text really individual sentences nested in paragraphs or does each constitute a paragraph itself? If so, then this addaption to Pauls code may work:

Code:

Sub AddTags()
Dim oPar As Paragraph
Dim oRng As Word.Range
For Each oPar In ActiveDocument.Range.Paragraphs
 If InStr(oPar.Range.Text, "<start level = ""4""> ") = 1 Then
   Set oRng = oPar.Range
   oRng.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
   oRng.Text = "<end level = ""4""> "
 End If
Next
End Sub

macropod · #6 06-17-2012, 04:47 AM

Hi Greg,

Yes, I do realise Word's Sentences collection is, shall we say, brain dead (why can't MS employ the sentence logic from it's own grammar checker to inform vba of what a sentence is??).

All the same, a response like 'I can't get it to work' is, as I said, "not exactly descriptive".

I'm not sure that your code will fare any better, as it works at the paragraph level only. So, if the second sentence starts with "<start level = "4">", it won't get processed; and a multi-sentence paragraph that starts with "<start level = "4">" will get the closing tag at the end of the paragraph instead of at the end of the first sentence.

I guess we'll need to wait till the OP says what the issue is.

gmaxey · #7 06-17-2012, 05:21 AM

Paul,

I'm thinking that as the OP is using "levels" then perhaps each snippet (sentence) of interest is actually an independent paragraph. If not, then yes we will have to wait on the OP.

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