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 Sub LayoutPrep()
 '
 '  Macro written by DSpider, around mid 2012.
 '
 '  What this does, is it breaks down a Word document into a squeaky clean document,
 '  with its basic formatting intact, ready for re-applying styles or quick styles
 '  in Word, or in Adobe InDesign.
 '
 '    - Bold text
 '    - Italic text
 '    - Underlined text
 '    - Subscripts
 '    - Superscripts
 '    - Paragraph ending marks
 '    - Line Breaks
 '    - Page Breaks
 '
 '
 '  Set the desktop variable and the working directory for everything else.
 '
     Dim WshShell As Object
     Dim SpecialPath As String
     Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
     DESKTOP = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
     ChangeFileOpenDirectory DESKTOP
 '
 '  1. Convert numbered and bulleted lists to regular text. Honestly, they're more
 '     of a nuisance with scanned text and OCR. Without this they would not make it
 '     to the second part because Word treats them (along with footnotes) more like
 '     objects.
 '
     ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText
 '
 '
 '  2. Convert footnotes to regular text so that they too make it intact.
 '
    Dim afootnote As Footnote
    Dim NumberOfFootnotes As Integer
    Dim i As Integer
    Dim aFootnoteReference As String
    Dim aFootnoteRefTag As String
 
  NumberOfFootnotes = ActiveDocument.Footnotes.Count
  For i = NumberOfFootnotes To 1 Step -1
     Set afootnote = ActiveDocument.Footnotes(i)
     afootnote.Range.Select
     Selection.MoveStartWhile Cset:=" " & Chr(9)
     Selection.Cut
     aFootnoteReference = afootnote.Reference.Text
     Select Case aFootnoteReference
     Case Chr(2)
     aFootnoteRefTag = "num"
     Case "*"
     aFootnoteRefTag = "star"
     Case Else
     aFootnoteRefTag = "symbol" _
     & aFootnoteReference & "/FNRef"
  End Select
  afootnote.Reference.Select
  If afootnote.Reference.Text = Chr(40) Then
     With Dialogs(wdDialogInsertSymbol)
         aFootnoteRefTag = _
         "FNSym," & .Font & "," _
         & .CharNum & ""
     End With
  End If
  afootnote.Delete
  Selection.InsertBefore ChrW(9616) _
  & aFootnoteRefTag
  Selection.Collapse (wdCollapseEnd)
  Selection.Paste
  Selection.InsertAfter ChrW(9612)
  Next i
 '
 '
 '  3. Remove all the tab characters by replacing them with the space character.
 '     This is because FineReader sometimes adds multiple tabs when you only need
 '     one. Easier to spot too when you're assigning styles.
 '
     Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
     Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
     With Selection.Find
         .Text = "^t"
         .Replacement.Text = " "
         .Forward = True
         .Wrap = wdFindContinue
         .Format = False
         .MatchCase = False
         .MatchWholeWord = False
         .MatchWildcards = False
         .MatchSoundsLike = False
         .MatchAllWordForms = False
     End With
     Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
 '
 '
 '  4. Paragraph-level formatting: Delete the ruler tabs.
 '
     Selection.WholeStory
     With Selection.ParagraphFormat
         .SpaceBeforeAuto = False
         .SpaceAfterAuto = False
     End With
     Selection.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.ClearAll
     ActiveDocument.DefaultTabStop = InchesToPoints(0.5)
 '
 '
 '  5. Paragraph-level formatting: Align everything to the left.
 '
     With Selection.ParagraphFormat
         .LeftIndent = InchesToPoints(0)
         .RightIndent = InchesToPoints(0)
         .SpaceBefore = 0
         .SpaceBeforeAuto = False
         .SpaceAfter = 0
         .SpaceAfterAuto = False
         .LineSpacingRule = wdLineSpaceSingle
         .Alignment = wdAlignParagraphLeft
         .FirstLineIndent = InchesToPoints(0)
         .OutlineLevel = wdOutlineLevelBodyText
         .CharacterUnitLeftIndent = 0
         .CharacterUnitRightIndent = 0
         .CharacterUnitFirstLineIndent = 0
         .LineUnitBefore = 0
         .LineUnitAfter = 0
     End With
 '
 '
 '  6. Replace the line break character (but keep the paragraph ending marks or
 '     else the process would get too slow), then replace the Page Break and
 '     Section Break.
 '
 With ActiveDocument.Content.Find
     .ClearFormatting
     .Replacement.ClearFormatting
     .Forward = True
     .Wrap = wdFindContinue
     .Format = False
     .MatchCase = False
     .MatchWholeWord = False
     .MatchAllWordForms = False
     .MatchSoundsLike = False
     .MatchWildcards = False
     .Text = "^l"
     .Replacement.Text = ChrW(9668)
     .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
     .Text = "^m"
     .Replacement.Text = ChrW(9618)
     .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
     .Text = "^b"
     .Replacement.Text = ChrW(9618)
     .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
 End With
 '
 '
 '  7. Italic characters.
 '
     Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
     Selection.Find.Font.Italic = True
     Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
     With Selection.Find
         .Text = "(?)"
         .Replacement.Text = ChrW(9500) & "\1" & ChrW(9508)
         .Forward = True
         .Wrap = wdFindContinue
         .Format = True
         .MatchCase = False
         .MatchWholeWord = False
         .MatchAllWordForms = False
         .MatchSoundsLike = False
         .MatchWildcards = True
     End With
     Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
 '
 '
 '  8. Bold characters.
 '
     Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
     Selection.Find.Font.Bold = True
     Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
     With Selection.Find
         .Text = "(?)"
         .Replacement.Text = ChrW(9568) & "\1" & ChrW(9571)
         .Forward = True
         .Wrap = wdFindContinue
         .Format = True
         .MatchCase = False
         .MatchWholeWord = False
         .MatchAllWordForms = False
         .MatchSoundsLike = False
         .MatchWildcards = True
     End With
     Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
 '
 '
 '  9.  Underlined characters.
 '
     Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
     Selection.Find.Font.Underline = wdUnderlineSingle
     Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
     With Selection.Find
         .Text = "(?)"
         .Replacement.Text = ChrW(9556) & "\1" & ChrW(9559)
         .Forward = True
         .Wrap = wdFindContinue
         .Format = True
         .MatchCase = False
         .MatchWholeWord = False
         .MatchAllWordForms = False
         .MatchSoundsLike = False
         .MatchWildcards = True
     End With
     Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
 '
 '
 '  10. Superscripts.
 '
     Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
     With Selection.Find.Font
         .Superscript = True
         .Subscript = False
     End With
     Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
     With Selection.Find
         .Text = "(?)"
         .Replacement.Text = ChrW(9560) & "\1" & ChrW(9563)
         .Forward = True
         .Wrap = wdFindContinue
         .Format = True
         .MatchCase = False
         .MatchWholeWord = False
         .MatchAllWordForms = False
         .MatchSoundsLike = False
         .MatchWildcards = True
     End With
     Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
 '
 '
 '  11. Subscripts.
 '
     Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
     With Selection.Find.Font
         .Superscript = False
         .Subscript = True
     End With
     Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
     With Selection.Find
         .Text = "(?)"
         .Replacement.Text = ChrW(9554) & "\1" & ChrW(9557)
         .Forward = True
         .Wrap = wdFindContinue
         .Format = True
         .MatchCase = False
         .MatchWholeWord = False
         .MatchAllWordForms = False
         .MatchSoundsLike = False
         .MatchWildcards = True
     End With
     Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
 '
 '
 '  12. Save to the desktop as 'Plain Text.txt' and close the file.
 '
     ActiveDocument.SaveAs2 FileName:="Plain Text.txt", FileFormat:= _
         wdFormatText, LockComments:=False, Password:="", AddToRecentFiles:=True, _
         WritePassword:="", ReadOnlyRecommended:=False, EmbedTrueTypeFonts:=False, _
          SaveNativePictureFormat:=False, SaveFormsData:=False, SaveAsAOCELetter:= _
         False, Encoding:=1200, InsertLineBreaks:=False, AllowSubstitutions:=False _
         , LineEnding:=wdCRLF, CompatibilityMode:=0
     ActiveDocument.Close
 '
 '
 ' --------------------------
 '  PART II
 ' --------------------------
 '
 ' Open the broken down text, to be able to restore the formatting.
 '
     Documents.Open FileName:="Plain Text.txt", ConfirmConversions:=False, _
         ReadOnly:=False, AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="", _
         PasswordTemplate:="", Revert:=False, WritePasswordDocument:="", _
         WritePasswordTemplate:="", Format:=wdOpenFormatAuto, XMLTransform:="", _
         Encoding:=1200
 '
 '
 '  1. Delete the useless "Plain Text" style. There's no such thing as plain text
 '     in Word. Everything has some kind of formatting applied to it.
 '
     ActiveDocument.Styles("Plain Text").Delete
 '
 '
 '  2. Remove all quick styles for the document (default Word templates are intact).
 '
     Dim s As Style
     For Each s In ActiveDocument.Styles
       If s.Type = wdStyleTypeCharacter Or _
          s.Type = wdStyleTypeParagraph Or _
          s.Type = wdStyleTypeLinked Then
          s.QuickStyle = False
       End If
     Next s
 '
 '
 '  3.  Create a "Text" style and apply it to the document because "Normal" is too
 '      mainstream. For various adjustments you can add it to the Quick Styles menu.
 '
     ActiveDocument.Styles.Add Name:="Text", Type:=wdStyleTypeParagraph
     ActiveDocument.Content.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("Text")
         With ActiveDocument.Styles("Text").Font
         .Name = "Times New Roman"
         .Size = 10
         .Bold = False
         .Italic = False
         .Underline = wdUnderlineNone
         .UnderlineColor = wdColorAutomatic
         .StrikeThrough = False
         .DoubleStrikeThrough = False
         .Outline = False
         .Emboss = False
         .Shadow = False
         .Hidden = False
         .SmallCaps = False
         .AllCaps = False
         .Color = wdColorAutomatic
         .Engrave = False
         .Superscript = False
         .Subscript = False
         .Scaling = 100
         .Kerning = 0
         .Animation = wdAnimationNone
         .Ligatures = wdLigaturesNone
         .NumberSpacing = wdNumberSpacingDefault
         .NumberForm = wdNumberFormDefault
         .StylisticSet = wdStylisticSetDefault
         .ContextualAlternates = 0
     End With
     With ActiveDocument.Styles("Text")
         .AutomaticallyUpdate = False
         .BaseStyle = ""
         .NextParagraphStyle = "Text"
     End With
 '
 '
 '  4. Restore subscripts.
 '
     Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
     Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
     With Selection.Find.Replacement.Font
         .Superscript = False
         .Subscript = True
     End With
     With Selection.Find
         .Text = ChrW(9554) & "(?)" & ChrW(9557)
         .Replacement.Text = "\1"
         .Forward = True
         .Wrap = wdFindContinue
         .Format = True
         .MatchCase = False
         .MatchWholeWord = False
         .MatchAllWordForms = False
         .MatchSoundsLike = False
         .MatchWildcards = True
     End With
     Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
 '
 '
 '  5. Restore superscripts.
 '
     Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
     Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
     With Selection.Find.Replacement.Font
         .Superscript = True
         .Subscript = False
     End With
     With Selection.Find
         .Text = ChrW(9560) & "(?)" & ChrW(9563)
         .Replacement.Text = "\1"
         .Forward = True
         .Wrap = wdFindContinue
         .Format = True
         .MatchCase = False
         .MatchWholeWord = False
         .MatchAllWordForms = False
         .MatchSoundsLike = False
         .MatchWildcards = True
     End With
     Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
 '
 '
 '  6. Replace paragraph endings temporarily so that they too can receive bold and
 '     italic attributes. It's a little difficult to explain but just know that it's
 '     needed... For example if you have a block of text with italic (or bold)
 '     attributes, the paragraph ending marks (¶) will not receive the attribute and
 '     every line will have separate tags instead of treating it like a whole.
 '
 '     This is the reason the "decoding" process takes such a long time. Because you
 '     basically search and replace throughout a SINGLE 1+ MB paragraph (depending
 '     on the complexity of the book.
 '
     With ActiveDocument.Content.Find
         .ClearFormatting
         .Replacement.ClearFormatting
         .Forward = True
         .Wrap = wdFindContinue
         .Format = False
         .MatchCase = False
         .MatchWholeWord = False
         .MatchAllWordForms = False
         .MatchSoundsLike = False
         .MatchWildcards = False
         .Text = "^p"
         .Replacement.Text = ChrW(9608)
         .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
     End With
 '
 '
 '  7. Restore underlined characters.
 '
     Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
     Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
     Selection.Find.Replacement.Font.Underline = wdUnderlineSingle
     With Selection.Find
         .Text = ChrW(9556) & "(?)" & ChrW(9559)
         .Replacement.Text = "\1"
         .Forward = True
         .Wrap = wdFindContinue
         .Format = True
         .MatchCase = False
         .MatchWholeWord = False
         .MatchAllWordForms = False
         .MatchSoundsLike = False
         .MatchWildcards = True
     End With
     Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
 '
 '
 '  8. Restore bold characters.
 '
     Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
     Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
     Selection.Find.Replacement.Font.Bold = True
     With Selection.Find
         .Text = ChrW(9568) & "(?)" & ChrW(9571)
         .Replacement.Text = "\1"
         .Forward = True
         .Wrap = wdFindContinue
         .Format = True
         .MatchCase = False
         .MatchWholeWord = False
         .MatchAllWordForms = False
         .MatchSoundsLike = False
         .MatchWildcards = True
     End With
     Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
 '
 '
 '  9. Restore italic characters.
 '
     Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
     Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
     Selection.Find.Replacement.Font.Italic = True
     With Selection.Find
         .Text = ChrW(9500) & "(?)" & ChrW(9508)
         .Replacement.Text = "\1"
         .Forward = True
         .Wrap = wdFindContinue
         .Format = True
         .MatchCase = False
         .MatchWholeWord = False
         .MatchAllWordForms = False
         .MatchSoundsLike = False
         .MatchWildcards = True
     End With
     Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
 '
 '
 '  10. Restore paragraph ending marks, line breaks and page breaks.
 '
     With ActiveDocument.Content.Find
         .ClearFormatting
         .Replacement.ClearFormatting
         .Forward = True
         .Wrap = wdFindContinue
         .Format = False
         .MatchCase = False
         .MatchWholeWord = False
         .MatchAllWordForms = False
         .MatchSoundsLike = False
         .MatchWildcards = False
         .Text = ChrW(9608)
         .Replacement.Text = "^p"
         .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
         .Text = ChrW(9668)
         .Replacement.Text = "^l"
         .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
         .Text = ChrW(9618)
         .Replacement.Text = "^m"
         .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
     End With
 '
 '
-'  11. Save to the desktop as 'Formatted Text.rtf'.
+'  11. Save to the desktop as 'Formatted Text.rtf'. RTF chosen because it has the
 '      highest compatibility with InDesign, and possibly other word processors.
 '
     ActiveDocument.SaveAs2 FileName:="Formatted Text.rtf", FileFormat:= _
         wdFormatRTF, LockComments:=False, Password:="", AddToRecentFiles:=True, _
         WritePassword:="", ReadOnlyRecommended:=False, EmbedTrueTypeFonts:=False, _
          SaveNativePictureFormat:=False, SaveFormsData:=False, SaveAsAOCELetter:= _
         False, CompatibilityMode:=0
     ActiveDocument.Close
 '
-' 12. Clean-up and show a simple prompt message.
+
 ' 12. Clean-up, and a simple prompt message when it's done.
 '
     Kill "Plain Text.txt"
     Documents.Open FileName:="Formatted Text.rtf"
     MsgBox ("Done!")
 
 End Sub