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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Add Hyperlinks to a Word Document?

June 24, 2010 Jun 24, 2010 06/24/10

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  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to add hyperlinks to a document by using Windows PowerShell. But I do not want to add hyperlinks to objects that are set in a code style or a heading style. I only want to add the hyperlink to the word if it is in a normal Microsoft Word style. In addition, I only want to add the link one time per ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to Print a List of Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Word?

June 23, 2010 Jun 23, 2010 06/23/10

ScriptingGuy1

  Hey, Scripting Guy! We are getting ready to deploy Office 2010 to our user community, and I need to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to print a list of keyboard shortcuts for working with Microsoft Word. In the past, I was able to print a chart of all the keyboard shortcuts for working with Microsoft Word and provide it to our user ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to Convert DOC Files to DOCX Files?

June 22, 2010 Jun 22, 2010 06/22/10

ScriptingGuy1

  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to convert Microsoft Word documents to the new document format. If a user opens an old document (.doc) file extension in Microsoft Word 2010 and makes changes, they are prompted about saving the file in compatibility mode. This process is confusing for our users. Therefore, we ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Count the Words in a Bunch of Microsoft Word Documents?

June 21, 2010 Jun 21, 2010 06/21/10

ScriptingGuy1

  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to count the number of words in a bunch of Microsoft Word documents. All of the documents are stored in a specific folder, but there are a mixture of Microsoft Word 2010 and Microsoft Word 2007 documents and older document types in the same folder. Our company has ...