RE: Multi-file search and replace recommendations?

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

Check out www.editorium.com, where there are add-ins for Word like
MultiMacro that runs a macro through successive files. There's fantastic
stuff there!


Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com


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> Dear Listmates,
> 
> I do all my own writing in straight ASCII text, then import into a 
> desktop publisher for formatting, so I have little experience with 
> "word processors." Unfortunately, I have lately been forced to put 
> extra emphasis on my other income stream, namely translations (German 
> and French to English, English to French), and in that field nearly 
> everything that comes in is in Word format, translation to be 
> delivered in the same format. Right now I have a large (by my 
> standards) job sitting on my hard drive that would really benefit 
> from being able to make simultaneous edits to an entire folder full 
> of Word files - repetitive table entries and headings, repeating 
> vocabulary, even entire phrases. Ages ago I used an MS-DOS utility 
> that made changes to an entire directory's worth of text files, but I 
> have no idea where to find that and doubt that it would be useful in 
> dealing with M$'s proprietary formats.
> 
> As soon as I finish this message I will go to Tucows and other 
> software banks in my Bookmarks, but I am hoping to save some search 
> time by tapping the experience of other listmembers. What do 
> you recommend?
> 
> Best,
> Marc de Piolenc
> Iligan City, Philippines  
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