Stone wall...
Feb. 18th, 2010 07:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpWhat should have been the simplest file of the bunch I have been working on today has turned into a bloody nightmare. The word count for the entire 57 pages is 20.
That's because MS Word doesn't count words inside of text boxes. Nor does Word appear to have the capability of doing search-and-replace for text inside of text boxes.
And there are many, many text boxes in this file.
Funny thing is, when the scope of what I had fallen into hit me fully, I went off on a 20-minute pity-party before buckling down and "turning to." Over the next 20 minutes, I managed to nail about 7 pages of moderate complexity.
I am currently a little more than halfway through the file, and it would appear that whoever put it together became progressively lazier and lazier with regard to the insertion of text boxes, so with any luck, the remaining pages will go faster.
I comfort myself with the thought that I fully intend to take this weekend off and spend time with the grandkids. But to do that, I need to clear the decks.
Cheers...
That's because MS Word doesn't count words inside of text boxes. Nor does Word appear to have the capability of doing search-and-replace for text inside of text boxes.
And there are many, many text boxes in this file.
Funny thing is, when the scope of what I had fallen into hit me fully, I went off on a 20-minute pity-party before buckling down and "turning to." Over the next 20 minutes, I managed to nail about 7 pages of moderate complexity.
I am currently a little more than halfway through the file, and it would appear that whoever put it together became progressively lazier and lazier with regard to the insertion of text boxes, so with any luck, the remaining pages will go faster.
I comfort myself with the thought that I fully intend to take this weekend off and spend time with the grandkids. But to do that, I need to clear the decks.
Cheers...
