Hello,



I am trying to edit HTML code in Word..

When I try to paste a link, into a spot that already has a link, it gives me extra spaces I don't want.. Need help trying to eliminate this problem..

<td class="price" width="72" valign="top" style="color:#37b7cd; font-size:22px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.test.com/xxx/xxx/xxx/xxx/xxx" target="_blank" style="color:#0a749c;">$695</a><br>

When I try to replace http://www.test.com/ with http://www.anothertest.com/rrr/rrr/ , I get a space before the link and right after it.. How do I just replace the links without any spaces..



<td class="price" width="72" valign="top" style="color:#37b7cd; font-size:22px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold;"><a href=" http://www.anothertest.com/rrr/rrr/ xxx/xxx/xxx/xxx/xxx" target="_blank" style="color:#0a749c;">$695</a><br>

Try making your copy/paste start with the period (i.e omit http://www). If the paste starts with the period, you won't get the unwanted space. Similarly, if the copied string terminates in a '/', a trailing space isn't inserted.

An alternative would be to use a macro:
The above macro has broader application than your html coding, being useful for any unformatted text pasting. Simply assign it to a keyboard shortcut.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

I tried your first suggestion and that didn't solve it.. I am not sure how to use a macro?

Its weird because sometimes when I copy and paste a link, it will not do the extra space, while sometimes it will..

Any other suggestions?

For macro installation & usage instructions, see: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

The variable responses to copy/paste are due to Word trying to interpret how the content should appear in a normal document, not how it might be used for HTML coding. Word is, after all, a word processor, not an HTML coding package.

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Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]