Guidance recreating a 28 page document

macropod · #20 11-08-2014, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by 20GT

Oh by "obtaining the original documents" you dont mean the paper, you mean the original electronic file. i doubt the Government is going to give that to me

If you don't ask, you'll never know...

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Ill try to just export the image scan to a word doc without the OCR.

You could do that, but then all you'll have is images of scans in Word, in a completely uneditable form. That means you won't be able to make any of the adjustments you've mentioned.

Working with the document attached to your original post, I've written the macro at the end of this post. Run it and it will convert all those troublesome page columns to tables that are much easier to work with. The only portion I think you'll have to do some editing work on beforehand, in the one with the APOPKA, ORLANDO, etc addresses on the first page. That's because that Section has a curious mix of three columns for the four addresses, with two tab-separated address in the first column. To fix the portion with the APOPKA & ORLANDO addresses, I suggest:
1. Insert a paragraph break after 'Rm31 0' (yes, there's a space in '310')
2. Select both sets of addresses, then choose Insert>Table>Convert Text to table and press OK
3. Copy the APOPKA column & paste into Notepad
4. Copy the ORLANDO column & paste into Notepad
5. Delete the table (table Tools|Layout>Delete>Table
6. Choose Page Layout>Columns>More Columns
7. Set the # columns to 4 and check the 'Equal columns width box, the OK
8. Choose Page Layout>Breaks>Column
9. Copy the APOPKA address from NotePad & paste before the 1st column break
10. Copy the ORLANDO address from NotePad & paste before the 2nd column break
You're now ready to run the macro. For PC macro installation & usage instructions, see: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

Code:

Sub ConvertPageColumnsToTables()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim i As Long, j As Long, k As Long, Rng As Range, Tbl As Table
With ActiveDocument
  With .Range
    .Fields.Unlink
    .InsertAfter vbCr
    .Sections.Add .Characters.Last, wdSectionContinuous
  End With
  With .Sections(.Sections.Count)
    .PageSetup.TextColumns.SetCount NumColumns:=1
    .Range.Style = wdStyleNormal
  End With
  For i = .Sections.Count To 1 Step -1
    With .Sections(i)
      j = .PageSetup.TextColumns.Count
      If j > 1 Then
        Set Rng = .Range
        With Rng
          .Collapse wdCollapseEnd
        End With
        Set Tbl = .Range.Tables.Add(Rng, 1, j)
        For k = 1 To j
          Set Rng = .Range
          With Rng
            If InStr(.Text, Chr(14)) > 0 Then
            .Collapse wdCollapseStart
              .MoveEndUntil Chr(14)
            Else
              .Collapse wdCollapseStart
              .MoveEndUntil Chr(12)
            End If
          End With
          Tbl.Range.Cells(k).Range.FormattedText = Rng.FormattedText
          With Rng
            .End = .End + 1
            .Text = vbNullString
          End With
        Next
      End If
    End With
  Next
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

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