Formatting issue - column operations on characters

[Barry Watzman]

I need to do some very unusual formatting and want to know if there is a
way to do this in Word (Office 2003 version).

The document is an "Intel Hex File", it's a pure ASCII text document,
totally unformatted.

Every line is the same length, there are no spaces or delimiters of any
kind (e.g., converting the text to a table in which each character is a
separate cell does not look like an option).

I need to remove columns of characters. For example, I need to remove
the 2nd, 3rd and last 4 characters of every line.

In very old DOS versions of word, there was a way to drag the mouse to
select rectangular areas of text which could then be deleted.

Is there a way to do something like this in the current version of Word?

 

[Luc]

Barry,
Just a thought: have you tried ALT+dragging which allows you to select
vertically.
Luc

 

[Barry Watzman]

Just what the doctor ordered.

Thanks.

Barry,
Just a thought: have you tried ALT+dragging which allows you to select
vertically.
Luc

 

[HT]

I want all of my "watched messages" to always appear on top. Where do I set
that?

Thank you.

 

[Shauna Kelly]

Hi HT

Click the spectacles in the heading bar at the top of the list of messages.

You've posted to a Word newsgroup. If you have follow-up questions, I
suggest you post to one of the Outlook Express newsgroups. Let them know
what version you're using as well as what you're trying to do.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

 

[HT]

Thanks Shauna!

(I thought I was in the Outlook group..so many groups..so much to learn)