What's this sign and how to remove it from my document?

Wordfinder · #1 07-19-2019, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Stefan Blom

The symbols in your screen shot look like Word bookmarks. These are created automatically by Word if you copy and paste as link, that is, if you create an OLE link. Of course, they could also have been created manually by someone who has edited the document. Bookmarks can be removed from the Insert > Bookmark dialog box.

Great Job Stefan!

I removed all of them because I don't need them, I have to select one by one each bookmark from "Bookmark" window and hit the "Delete" button, that's a little boring and If someone has very long document, it would be time-wasting job to remove one by one. Does any option have to remove all bookmarks immediately?

Stefan Blom · #2 07-19-2019, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Wordfinder

Great Job Stefan!

I removed all of them because I don't need them, I have to select one by one each bookmark from "Bookmark" window and hit the "Delete" button, that's a little boring and If someone has very long document, it would be time-wasting job to remove one by one. Does any option have to remove all bookmarks immediately?

There is no built-in command to remove all bookmarks in one step. A macro could be used, I suppose.

However, note that you do not have to remove the bookmarks, even if they are not being used. If you leave them behind, they won't cause any harm.

Lugh · #3 07-20-2019, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Wordfinder

If someone has very long document, it would be time-wasting job to remove one by one

Save the doc as a plain TXT file and then reopen in Word. That will remove pretty much everything except content.

If you need to preserve some formatting from the original source, then you'll need to tag it so you can recreate it after the DOCX > TXT > DOCX trip.

Wordfinder · #4 07-21-2019, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Lugh

Save the doc as a plain TXT file and then reopen in Word. That will remove pretty much everything except content.

If you need to preserve some formatting from the original source, then you'll need to tag it so you can recreate it after the DOCX > TXT > DOCX trip.

Nice trick! Yes, I need the source formatting and saved txt removed all styles. I didn't get understand what you mean of tag, would you please give more information about how to reserve the source formatting in my doc file after txt step?

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