Macro to detect manual style overrides (e.g. StyleName + Bold)

Hello,

I need a diagnostic macro that detects manual style overrides in a
document.
These style overrides are shown in the Styles and Formatting task pane
as "<StyleName> + Bold", for example, if 'Formatting in use' is
selected.
Apparently, they do not belong to the Styles collection, but I don't
know how to address them. Does anybody know how I could list them using
a macro?

Thanks in advance
Heike

Jezebel
Mon Jun 26 17:17:53 CDT 2006

For an alternative method: Make a copy of the document. Accept all changes.
Select all and reset the styles. Now review formatting changes.



<hschmeding@amadeus.com> wrote in message
news:1151336992.411580.177330@c74g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I need a diagnostic macro that detects manual style overrides in a
> document.
> These style overrides are shown in the Styles and Formatting task pane
> as "<StyleName> + Bold", for example, if 'Formatting in use' is
> selected.
> Apparently, they do not belong to the Styles collection, but I don't
> know how to address them. Does anybody know how I could list them using
> a macro?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Heike
>

hschmeding
Tue Jun 27 01:20:44 CDT 2006

Thanks for your suggestion, but it does not solve my problem.
I need some kind of VBA code to automatically detect manual formatting
in a first step.
In a second step, the macro has to distinguish between allowed
overrides (e.g. character formatting + Bold, + Italic) and unallowed
overrides (e.g. + Space Before) that should then be reset to the
original style.

Jezebel wrote:
> For an alternative method: Make a copy of the document. Accept all changes.
> Select all and reset the styles. Now review formatting changes.
>
>
>
> <hschmeding@amadeus.com> wrote in message
> news:1151336992.411580.177330@c74g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I need a diagnostic macro that detects manual style overrides in a
> > document.
> > These style overrides are shown in the Styles and Formatting task pane
> > as "<StyleName> + Bold", for example, if 'Formatting in use' is
> > selected.
> > Apparently, they do not belong to the Styles collection, but I don't
> > know how to address them. Does anybody know how I could list them using
> > a macro?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Heike
> >

Jezebel
Tue Jun 27 03:41:36 CDT 2006

What's the problem about using VBA for the purpose? Step through the
changes, check what's changed.




<hschmeding@amadeus.com> wrote in message
news:1151389244.782281.80760@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks for your suggestion, but it does not solve my problem.
> I need some kind of VBA code to automatically detect manual formatting
> in a first step.
> In a second step, the macro has to distinguish between allowed
> overrides (e.g. character formatting + Bold, + Italic) and unallowed
> overrides (e.g. + Space Before) that should then be reset to the
> original style.
>
> Jezebel wrote:
>> For an alternative method: Make a copy of the document. Accept all
>> changes.
>> Select all and reset the styles. Now review formatting changes.
>>
>>
>>
>> <hschmeding@amadeus.com> wrote in message
>> news:1151336992.411580.177330@c74g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I need a diagnostic macro that detects manual style overrides in a
>> > document.
>> > These style overrides are shown in the Styles and Formatting task pane
>> > as "<StyleName> + Bold", for example, if 'Formatting in use' is
>> > selected.
>> > Apparently, they do not belong to the Styles collection, but I don't
>> > know how to address them. Does anybody know how I could list them using
>> > a macro?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance
>> > Heike
>> >
>

hschmeding
Tue Jun 27 06:29:36 CDT 2006

The reason why I'm looking for an automatic approach is that we use a
template with approx. 60 styles and we have to check a few hundred
documents for unallowed manual formatting that would undermine html
output.
Of course, I could check all documents manually, using the Styles and
Formatting task pane, but I would prefer an automatic method...

Jezebel wrote:
> What's the problem about using VBA for the purpose? Step through the
> changes, check what's changed.
>
>
>
>
> <hschmeding@amadeus.com> wrote in message
> news:1151389244.782281.80760@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > Thanks for your suggestion, but it does not solve my problem.
> > I need some kind of VBA code to automatically detect manual formatting
> > in a first step.
> > In a second step, the macro has to distinguish between allowed
> > overrides (e.g. character formatting + Bold, + Italic) and unallowed
> > overrides (e.g. + Space Before) that should then be reset to the
> > original style.
> >
> > Jezebel wrote:
> >> For an alternative method: Make a copy of the document. Accept all
> >> changes.
> >> Select all and reset the styles. Now review formatting changes.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> <hschmeding@amadeus.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1151336992.411580.177330@c74g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > I need a diagnostic macro that detects manual style overrides in a
> >> > document.
> >> > These style overrides are shown in the Styles and Formatting task pane
> >> > as "<StyleName> + Bold", for example, if 'Formatting in use' is
> >> > selected.
> >> > Apparently, they do not belong to the Styles collection, but I don't
> >> > know how to address them. Does anybody know how I could list them using
> >> > a macro?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance
> >> > Heike
> >> >
> >

Jezebel
Tue Jun 27 07:22:01 CDT 2006

I wasn't suggesting you do it manually. Your macro should iterate the
changes.




<hschmeding@amadeus.com> wrote in message
news:1151407776.260170.114560@b68g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> The reason why I'm looking for an automatic approach is that we use a
> template with approx. 60 styles and we have to check a few hundred
> documents for unallowed manual formatting that would undermine html
> output.
> Of course, I could check all documents manually, using the Styles and
> Formatting task pane, but I would prefer an automatic method...
>
> Jezebel wrote:
>> What's the problem about using VBA for the purpose? Step through the
>> changes, check what's changed.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <hschmeding@amadeus.com> wrote in message
>> news:1151389244.782281.80760@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> > Thanks for your suggestion, but it does not solve my problem.
>> > I need some kind of VBA code to automatically detect manual formatting
>> > in a first step.
>> > In a second step, the macro has to distinguish between allowed
>> > overrides (e.g. character formatting + Bold, + Italic) and unallowed
>> > overrides (e.g. + Space Before) that should then be reset to the
>> > original style.
>> >
>> > Jezebel wrote:
>> >> For an alternative method: Make a copy of the document. Accept all
>> >> changes.
>> >> Select all and reset the styles. Now review formatting changes.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> <hschmeding@amadeus.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1151336992.411580.177330@c74g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> >> > Hello,
>> >> >
>> >> > I need a diagnostic macro that detects manual style overrides in a
>> >> > document.
>> >> > These style overrides are shown in the Styles and Formatting task
>> >> > pane
>> >> > as "<StyleName> + Bold", for example, if 'Formatting in use' is
>> >> > selected.
>> >> > Apparently, they do not belong to the Styles collection, but I don't
>> >> > know how to address them. Does anybody know how I could list them
>> >> > using
>> >> > a macro?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks in advance
>> >> > Heike
>> >> >
>> >
>