WordPipe FAQ

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This is a collection of frequently asked questions about WordPipe. 

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I will be recommending WordPipe to those customers who contact us requesting a tool to redirect OLE and hyperlinks. I have already sent the WordPipe trial download url to another customer. (and from an earlier conversation): ...WordPipe is the best tool I have seen to try and redirect links in Word documents... Joe Giunta Microsoft (formerly with the Office development team)

Questions

How to update links in documents that are moved to a different file location on a server?

1. Drag and drop your folders or your files into WordPipe - they will appear on the Files to Process tab
2. Specify the Find what text on the Actions tab e.g. \\oldservername\oldshare\
3. Specify the Replace with text on the Actions tab e.g. \\newservername\newshare
4. Ensure the Look In Location has 'Hyperlink addresses' checked
5. Press [F9] to start the replacing process

You can also see using wildcards below to match groups of hyperlinks.

How can I use WordPipe on a SharePoint site?

Map your SharePoint site as a network drive.

How do I generate a hyperlink report?

1. On the Actions tab, check Generate a hyperlink report
2. Add a single search/replace row, with Find what of *, Replace with of nothing, and check the Look In location Inside hyperlink addresses
3. Drag and drop your files or folders to the Files to Process tab.
4. Click [Search Only]
5. At the end of processing, the Report can be found on the Hyperlink Report tab, and can be saved to disk by clicking the Save icon.

Can you replace text and keep a special font?

If the text has a font it will be retained. But WordPipe can't apply or remove a font, unless you place the replacement on the clipboard (formatted correctly) and then use ^c as the replacement text.

I get the message "Access to code modules disallowed. See the help file under Code Modules security"

See here

How do I update Word 2007 hidden text?

Open Word 2007, set the Tools\Options\View option to "display hidden", close Word 2007, then run WordPipe on the set of files.

Why doesn't WordPipe update document properties?

A small number of document properties (such as the original author) are protected by Microsoft Word and cannot be changed.

How do I disable AutoRun macros while I run WordPipe?

WordPipe does this for you.

My Find what text is longer than 255 characters. How do I work around the Microsoft Word limitation?

WordPipe does this for you.

Error: The disk is full. Free some space on this drive, or save the document on another disk

This MS Word error message has nothing to do with the disk being full! It indicates that the document may be partially corrupted. The solution is to open the document in Microsoft Word, save it to RTF format, then close the original, open the RTF version and save it as .doc format again.

How do I update my ISO-9001 revision number when a change is made?

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When I run the replace to change merge fields, the link to my mail merge data source is broken. I have to go back in and tell Microsoft Word what source it is merging from.

This is a known issue with Microsoft Word. WordPipe does not modify the mail merge data at all.

When I search and replace a document with WordPipe, the page breaks move.

Check only the "Body' search location (uncheck the Header and Footer locations) - it seems that even just searching these sections seems to force Microsoft Word to repaginate the document. This is a Microsoft Word issue.

How do I prevent Microsoft Word from changing the case of my replacement?

If you try to replace an all uppercase string (e.g. XXXX) in a document with a mixed case string (e.g. FileName), then Microsoft Word helpfully makes all letters in the replacement string uppercase (e.g. FILENAME). On the other hand, if the original string had mixed case (e.g. XxXx or xXxX) or was all lowercase (e.g. xxxx), then the case in the replacement string is preserved.

If the original text is all uppercase, then the workaround is to select the Match Case checkbox in WordPipe.

How do I search and replace graphics/images?

1. First, drag and drop your file(s) into WordPipe, so it knows which files to modify.
2. Now, assuming your image is in the Header, check the 'Header' search location only, and then it will only replace an image found in the header.
3. Use a 'Normal' replace
4. Set the search text to
     ^g
   Literally, Shift-6, g (this means 'match an image/graphic')
5. Set the replacement text to
     ^c
   Literally, Shift-6, c ('^c' means 'the clipboard contents')
6. Prior to replacing, copy the replacement image to the Windows clipboard (First put your new image into a Microsoft Word document, then select it, and click Edit Menu\Copy. That saves it to the clipboard)
7. Then start the Replace job.

If the image is floating, not inline, then WordPipe won't find it. However, often we can design a simple macro to go through and convert floating to inline images. Please send a sample document to us.

To find out if an image is Inline or Floating, Right-click the image, Format Picture..., Layout tab, 'Inline with text' means it is inline and can be found with WordPipe.

What EasyPattern wildcards can I use?

Note: EasyPattern wildcards (reference) are only available inside plain text fields, such as hyperlink addresses, OLE links and document properties.

Purpose	Find What and Replace With terms
Extract filename from a URL and add a new server and path Input: https://intranet.gotafe.vic.edu.au/teaching/course/electro/technology.doc https://intranet.gotafe.vic.