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Hey, Scripting Guy! I loved your last "Hey, Scripting Guy!" article about formatting paragraphs in a Microsoft Office Word document. What I need to do is a little bit more mundane, but for me much more important. I have a number of Word documents that are stored in a folder. Unfortunately, the person who wrote those documents doesn't know how to ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have really been enjoying the recent Windows PowerShell articles on the Script Center. I am wondering if it is possible to use Windows PowerShell to work with a Microsoft Office Word document. Specifically, what I would like to be able to do is to change the paragraph formatting and perhaps add a border. I may be asking too ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have large files output by a reservoir simulator, files I use to predict oil, water and gas movements in hydrocarbon reservoirs. These files are finite-difference numerical simulators, and work by timestep (i.e. a time interval, usually about 90 days); when they have finished calculating, they chuck out a bunch of data about ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it possible to get a list of all the styles available in a Word document?-- RK Hey, RK. Believe it or not, TechEd Orlando is over, at least for the Scripting Guys. Admittedly, it was a somewhat abbreviated trip: we flew in, presented a couple of instructor-led labs, and now we’re getting ready to fly back home. That wasn’t...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a script that automatically creates a Microsoft Office Word table that features several columns of data. At the bottom of each column I need to list the largest number that can be found in that column. What’s the easiest way to determine the largest value in each column in a table?-- GL Hey, GL. Great question. Here's ...