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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of the unique words used in a Microsoft Word document?-- RK Hey, RK. Funny you should mention unique words. Last Saturday the Scripting Coach’s baseball team played in the city championship. Despite the importance of the game the team was missing two key players, and the Scripting Coach knew that meant th...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I copy all the comments from an Excel worksheet to a Word document?-- ED Hey, ED. You know, one of the drawbacks to calling yourself a “Scripting Guy” is that people assume you’re really more of a Scripting Fanatic. Every now and then we get emails that say, “Hey, Scripting Guy! I read your column on X. Well, I do X a...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add multiple tables to a Word document?-- KH Hey, KH. You know, if the Scripting Guys have one failing (hey, we said if) it’s this: we’re simple guys with simple tastes. Create a Microsoft Word document with multiple tables? No, sir; that’s not for us, not at all. One table per document is plenty, thank you very muc...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I search a Word document for all the words in double brackets? For example, I need to find words like this: [[failed]]. I then need to save the words I find to a text file.-- PP Hey, PP. You know, one thing that seems to be true of the Scripting Guys is a willingness to do something even when they have no idea what it...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to put the page number (centered) in the footer of a Word document. Do you have any suggestions on how I can do that?-- AW Hey, AW. To tell you the truth, the Scripting Guy who writes this column no longer makes suggestions. That’s because of an incident that occurred a few years ago, when someone he works with sent ou...