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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

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

How Can I Replace Text in a Microsoft Word Document?

August 8, 2006 Aug 8, 2006 08/8/06

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I search a Microsoft Word document for all occurrences of the string <computername> and replace those occurrences with the actual name of a computer (e.g., atl-ws-01)?-- WC(image) (image) (image) Hey, WC. And by the way, thanks for your question. Microsoft employees will be getting their yearly ...

How Can I Search For (and Reformat) Highlighted Text in a Word Document?

July 14, 2006 Jul 14, 2006 07/14/06

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I find text in a Word document that has been highlighted in a particular color (say, turquoise), and then both remove the highlight and change the font color of that text to something else (say, blue)? I’d be extremely chuffed if you can solve this one!-- KB(image) (image) (image) Hey, KB! Blimey! You ...

How Can I Get a List of the Unique Words Used in a Microsoft Word Document?

June 28, 2006 Jun 28, 2006 06/28/06

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of the unique words used in a Microsoft Word document?-- RK(image) (image) (image) 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...

How Can I Add Multiple Tables to a Word Document?

June 9, 2006 Jun 9, 2006 06/9/06

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add multiple tables to a Word document?-- KH(image) (image) (image) 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...

How Can I Close a Command Window with a Specific Title?

November 30, 2005 Nov 30, 2005 11/30/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use WSH to close a command window with a specific title?-- MF(image) (image) (image) Hey, MF. You know, some things are just really hard to believe, regardless of whether or not they happen to be true. For example, according to the Big Bang Theory the entire universe was created when a miniscule spec ...

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