Extracting Emails from large Word file

[Charles Cooper via OfficeKB.com]

I've been given a large word file that contains email addresses.

Is there any way to search for and extract these addresses?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can start with the assumption that every email address will include @.
So what you need to do is search for a continuous alphanumeric string with @
in it. This will involved wildcards; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm

The beauty part is that you can ask Word to select all the found items. On
the Find tab of the Find and Replace dialog, click More, then check the box
for "Highlight all items found." Find All. Then click outside the Find
dialog (but not in the text) and Ctrl+C to copy all the found items. Paste
into a new document. Each will paste as a separate paragraph.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[TF]

Charles

Yes. Email addresses, assuming that they have been inserted as active
addresses that if you click opens a New Mail message windows, have been
inserted as Hyperlinks which is a Style in Word. You can use the Style Task
Pane to select all Hyperlink styles, copy and paste them into say Excel or
just another blank document if you wish.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/


: I've been given a large word file that contains email addresses.
:
: Is there any way to search for and extract these addresses?
:
: --
:

 

[TF]

Suzanne

Great alternative way to find them, especially if they aren't formatted as
hyperlinks.

Terry

: You can start with the assumption that every email address will include @.
: So what you need to do is search for a continuous alphanumeric string with
@
: in it. This will involved wildcards; see
: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm
:
: The beauty part is that you can ask Word to select all the found items. On
: the Find tab of the Find and Replace dialog, click More, then check the
box
: for "Highlight all items found." Find All. Then click outside the Find
: dialog (but not in the text) and Ctrl+C to copy all the found items. Paste
: into a new document. Each will paste as a separate paragraph.
:
: --
: Suzanne S. Barnhill
: Microsoft MVP (Word)
: Words into Type
: Fairhope, Alabama USA
:
: Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
: all may benefit.
:
: : > I've been given a large word file that contains email addresses.
: >
: > Is there any way to search for and extract these addresses?
: >
: > --
:
:

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The "Highlight all" combined with your search for the Hyperlink style, would
be the easiest of all.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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