Script for removing tabs

[JohnD]

I presume there should be a simple script to remove every second,
third etc tab between two words in an Word document or after importing
in InDesign.
So finally only one TAB remains to make fields more easily.
Now I get delivered Word documents with to many tabs which I have to
remove each time by hand. Not the kind of work I like very much. Can
anybody help me?

John Derksen, just a designer

[reader]

I would fix that in Word:

- Open the document in Word
- Find and replace - find all double tabs and replace with single tab (the
character for a tab is ^t so in the Find part put ^t^t and in the Replace
with part put ^t . If they all need to be replaced, use Replace all.
Additionally you can select only the part of the text that you want
modified.
- Do this a few times until Word tells you it cannot find any more double
tabs.
- Save document if you are happy with the result

This is a quick and easy method for cleaning up documents with multiple
spaces, tabs, paragraph breaks, or other characters. You don't have to go
one by one, either. You can replace n-amount of tabs with one tab.



"JohnD" <darc@planet.nl> wrote in message
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>I presume there should be a simple script to remove every second,
> third etc tab between two words in an Word document or after importing
> in InDesign.
> So finally only one TAB remains to make fields more easily.
> Now I get delivered Word documents with to many tabs which I have to
> remove each time by hand. Not the kind of work I like very much. Can
> anybody help me?
>
> John Derksen, just a designer
>

[JohnD]

Thanks 'Reader'

It will save me a lot of (boring) time. Do you know where to find the
caracters for all these signs like TAB (^t) etc.

John

[reader]

>Do you know where to find the

> caracters for all these signs like TAB (^t) etc.

Yes, (in MS Word) in the replace dialog box, click the "More" button (it's
an arrow at the bottom), then click on Special and you will get a list of
characters to choose from.

To view the full list and descriptions go to Help and type "codes replace."
The first item should be something like "Type codes for items you want to
find and replace" - that's the one you want.

Cheers

[JohnD]

Thanks a lot Reader! Now I have more time to spend on creation