The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

How Can I Hide a Specific Toolbar in Microsoft Word?

June 8, 2005 Jun 8, 2005 06/8/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I hide a specific toolbar in Microsoft Word?-- AG(image) (image) (image) Hey, AG. Now this question brings back memories. When our editor joined the team one of her first actions was to make us redo a whole bunch of screenshots we had made for the Scripting Week 2 webcasts. Why? Because she didn’t ...

How Can I Extract Word Paragraphs That Use a Specific Style?

May 25, 2005 May 25, 2005 05/25/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I save (to a separate file) all the paragraphs in a Word document that are formatted using a particular style, like Heading 1?-- RN(image) (image) (image) Hey, RN. You know, when we first read this question we thought, “Interesting. But why would you ever want to do something like that?” And then one...

How Can I Insert Files into a Word Document?

May 3, 2005 May 3, 2005 05/3/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Awhile back you showed people how they could combine several text files into a single file. I’d like to do the same thing in Word. How can I insert files into a Word document?-- HK(image) (image) (image) Hey, HK. Believe it or not it’s actually easier to insert files into a Microsoft Word document than it is...

How Can I Convert 1,000 .RTF Files to Word Documents?

April 1, 2005 Apr 1, 2005 04/1/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a folder of about 1,000 .RTF files. I need to convert all of these to Word documents (.DOC files). Can you help me with this?-- LS(image) (image) (image) Hey, LS. Sure, we can help you. We’re not going to, but we could if we wanted to. No, wait, come back: we’re just kidding. Not only can we help you...

How Can I Add a Hyperlink to a Word Document?

February 15, 2005 Feb 15, 2005 02/15/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a hyperlink to a Word document?-- BA(image) (image) (image) Hey, BA. Interesting question; in thinking about common tasks for scripting Microsoft Office applications we never even considered adding a hyperlink to a document. (Needless to say, that’s why we rely on people like you to let us know ...

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