I'm working on a project that has 1000 files with the same typo ex. the file with the word "dogs" in text layer that has to be turned into "dog". these 1000 files has the same typo. Is there anyway that I can write a script to do that in Illustrator? or some API that I can extract out text from the file then edit it (change from "dogs" into "dog") then save it back because I don't want to open 1000 files and do it 1000 times.
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I saved the data in txt file. Everything is ok. Now, I want to show the data on the chart then that data send by email.
First, I select the txt file from the dialog and then show it on the chart or graph which is ok till here. Then, I want to attach that file automatically and after 5 sec sends it to a specific email. my problem is that I don't want to create a control for attach to choose the txt file, I want to select once the file , then read, then that file email.
Normally, I must select once to read and another time again to select that file (2 times) but I want to select one time the txt file then read and after 5 sec that file attaches and email. I cannot connect attach file wire (RED Wire) to the file dialog because the type of attach is 1D array file path and the type of file dialog is path, I don't know what should I do.
Thanks for helping me.
Use Build Array function to convert your single path (which goes from path select dialog) to 1D array of paths.
I need to append 1 text file to another text file.
I've done several keyword searches, and keep coming up with instructions on adding text to an existing file ... which is not the same as appending one text file to another text file.
In a well-designed language, it might look something like the line below, with the contents of source2 added to source1.
Append(path/source1, path/source2, ResultCode)
I have manually pasted a large number of linked pictures into a 2010 Excel spreadsheet using insert picture -> select picture location --> link to file. These pictures are part of a report. I update the pictures using R each quarter, and my report automatically updates. Perfect.
I now need to change the directory where the plots are kept, and need to update the links. As there are around 200 of them (its a big report), I want to do this in VBA. Whilst I can loop through the pictures ok (ActiveSheet.Pictures), I can't seem to find the links/address. Any idea how I can see the underlying file location so I might change it - the reference has to be stored somewhere (note - these don't seem to be stored as hyperlinks).
Any idea how I can see the underlying file location so I might change it - the reference has to be stored somewhere
Create a new folder
Paste a copy of the .xlsx or .xlsm excel file
Uncompress the file with a zip tool (i'm using 7-Zip)
Delete the .xlsx or .xlsm file (optional)
Now we have all the component parts of the original file as plain text xml files and folders
Inside the folder xl\drawings\ _rels there are files named as drawing2.xml.rels, drawing3.xml.rels, ...
It seems that each file corresponds to a sheet and stores the paths to images in this format:
Target="file:///C:\Users\myusername\Documents\MyImageFolder\My%20Image%20Name.png"
Change the paths with a text editor
Compress all the contents of the folder to a .zip
Change the extension to the original .xlsx or .xlsm
These steps could be automated with VBA, AutoIt, etc., here some references:
An example with AutoIt and 7-zip
http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/Excel2007FileFormat.asp
http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/Excel2007FileFormat02.asp
Ron de Bruin zip examples with VBA
Read and change multiple XML files in Excel (2007) VBA
Excel uses the Formula Bar as the link in this case, just the same as it would link between ranges in two different worksheets. When I select a linked picture, the formula below populates in the formula bar:
=[TrialWB.xlsm]Sheet1!$C$3:$E$6
You can access the Shape's formula using the code below and inserting your picture's specific name:
ActiveSheet.Pictures("Picture Name").Formula = "=[TrialWB.xlsm]Sheet1!$C$4:$E$6"
In updating the links, you'll have to change the file path in the formula. This might look like:
ActiveSheet.Pictures("Picture Name").Formula = "='C:\Reports2015\[TrialWB.xlsm]Sheet1'!$C$4:$E$6"
changing to
ActiveSheet.Pictures("Picture Name").Formula = "='C:\Reports2016\[TrialWB.xlsm]Sheet1'!$C$4:$E$6"
This question may be of some further assistance for accessing formulas:
Excel: create image from cell range
And here's a useful Microsoft page for formula file path editing: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-an-external-reference-link-to-a-cell-range-in-another-workbook-c98d1803-dd75-4668-ac6a-d7cca2a9b95f
I have an Excel file that looks like this:
A B
1 Title_1 Description_1
2 Title_2 Description_2
Is it possible to output each title and description to individual Word files with column A for file name of the Word file and column B to its content?
For example the macro would create a new Word file give it file name 'Title_1' and copy 'Description_1'. Then create a new Word file again give it file name 'Title_2' and copy 'Description_2'. And do this until all data from the Excel file is copied.
Thank you for your time. :)
What you want to look into is called a "Mail Merge". Use a search engine and look for "mail merge excel word 2007" (or whatever year of MS Office that you are working with). You can create an excel macro that creates instances of word, populates the word doc with whatever you want from your excel spreadsheet, save the word doc with any name you want, export to PDF, etc.
Here are some hints to start you off:
in the VBE go to tools references and add one for Microsoft Office.
Use these two lines of code to create an object:
Dim MyWord
Set MyWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Now you can precede any code for word with MyWord for example to add a Document in word would be Documents.Add so remotely from Excel it will be MyWord.Documents.Add
You will want to loop through your cells in excel. On each iteration of the loop populate two variables, one with the text you want in the file and one with the file name.
Then simply use MyWord to enter the results of the variable then save the file using the result of the other variable.
Post back if you get stuck but give it a go first.
This is easy form any operating system, assuming you are using windows you will use a batch script(easiest).
First use save as/export on the data ribbon to save as a CSV.
Second you will need a batch script to read the CSV and use the first value as the file name the second value as the contents. If you want it to be a doc or docx instead of txt just rename the file in the same loop or add it to the file name when you output to text.
Here is a similar post with all the resources you would need to slap together a quick batch script.
read csv file through windows batch file and create txt file
Back in 2010, some guy claimed to be capable of doing this:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103847
"The Kindle stores its annotations in a Mobipocket (".mobi") file for each document and in one long text file named "My Clippings.txt." In this post I describe a system that synchronizes these annotations with PDF versions of the corresponding documents on a computer.
Overview
This system is embodied in an Applescript that parses the My Clippings file and controls the Skim PDF reader. The script first parses the clippings file. It then searches through the clippings and isolates any that come from documents on the kindle matching the filename of the currently open PDF file (the "pertinent clippings"). The script then iterates through each of the pertinent clippings, locating the matching text or location in the PDF document and applying highlights or adding notes where appropriate. The end result is an annotated, printable PDF document that matches the document on the kindle.
You can download the script here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2541109/KindleClippings.scpt. Before running the script, be sure to change the value of MyEmail to match your sending address and to verify that the Kindle mount point defined in MyClippingsFile is correct. You'll also need the free Skim PDF Reader.
To use it, send or copy a document file to your kindle. Remember, the kindle supports RTF, DOC, TXT and other common text formats and it will convert them into MobiPocket files internally for easier reading. Make some notes. Then take the same document that you just sent to the kindle and convert it to a PDF, e.g. by using the print to PDF feature in Mac OS X. Be sure to keep the filename the same. Open that same PDF in Skim and run the script. The highlights and notes should appear in the PDF.
If you're interested in how this works, read more on my blog here:
[not longer available]
Sadly, his script is no longer available, nor his blog.
Do you guys know if this is possible? I've been looking for this kind of functionality but can't find it anywhere.
This code, using python and PyMuPDF, works:
import fitz
# the document to annotate
doc = fitz.open("text_to_highlight.pdf")
# the text to be marked
text_list = [
"first piece of text",
"second piece of text",
"third piece of text"
]
for page in doc:
for text in text_list:
rl = page.search_for(text, quads = True)
page.add_highlight_annot(rl)
# save to a new PDF
doc.save("text_annotated.pdf")
The original 'My Clippings.txt' should be manipulated somehow, stringr could work but I found more useful to manipulate the text with multiple selections in Sublime Text---the goal is to have a list of highlights in the form of text_list above.
I am trying to do this using Python + a Windows macro creator (I'm a Win 7 user). You can use this approach to save the file as RTF, DOCX, PDF, etc. So far, it's been reasonably effective. Do note 2 things first:
1- the 'My Clippings' file only saves the text and the page, it does not save the location on the page (e.g., if you highlighted "mammals are animals" on page 15, it will give you this line and the page number, but if there are more than one "mammals are animals" on page 15, it's impossible to know which one you've highlighted). This is specially bad when you've highlighted a generic word, like "animals" or "the". And if you made comments by pressing on a word, this word is the only information you'll get about what in that page the comment refers to (e.g., I pressed on "animals" and the menu popped up, I selected 'Comment'. If "animals" appears 20 times on page 15, I cannot know to which of them my comment is refering).
2- The only way to retrieve the location on the page would be to analyze the *.pds and *.pdt files, inside the *.sdr folder in Kindle's drive ('Documents'). I can make no sense of these files.
In Python, you can run an easy code to extract the information you want from "My Clippings". Then you can use a macro creator to automate the process of copying the text and annotating it to the PDF (using Adobe Acrobat, for example), and then saving the PDF file.
Exemplifying with Adobe Acrobat:
Say I want to save all my highlights to the PDF file. First, I'll create a *.txt file on Python and run a script to copy all the strings related to the highlights to this new txt file (i.e., the highlighted text & the page number). Here's an example of such code (but first, copy and paste the "My Clippings.txt" file to the IDE start folder, e.g.: C:\Python27):
#for python 2.7.6
with open('My Clippings.txt','r') as rf:
with open('My Clippings Output.txt','w') as wf:
access = 0
bookTitle = 'Book Title'#put the book file's name as it's written in "My Clippings.txt"
for x in rf:
if access == 1:
wf.write(x)
if bookTitle in x:
access = 1
#for highlights only, instead of all annotations, include this if statement:
if (' | Added on ' in x) and ('- Your Note ' in x) or ('- Your Bookmark ' in x):
access = 0
if x == '==========\n':
access = 0
Then I'll create a macro to copy the page number in the "My Clippings Output.txt" file (it's inside the same folder you put the "My Clippings.txt" file), paste in Acrobat "page window", find (ctrl+f) the string in the page, then press "highlight". Done!
There's a catch in Acrobat though, the search/find function has a limit of ~28 chars, so your highlighted text can't be longer than that. I still don't know how to circumvent this limitation... I raised this problem here https://superuser.com/questions/884221/how-to-search-and-highlight-long-passages-in-a-pdf-file . As a bypass to the 28 chars limit on Acrobat, you can program the macro to copy using "shift"+"right arrow 28 times", and then use "cut" instead of "copy".
There are many free-to-use and libre macro creators out there, just google and choose the one you like best. For Windows, my favorite one is Pulover's Macro Creator. If you have any doubts about the process you can comment here or PM me. I'd prefer you to comment here, so that I can improve the answer