Linguistics Word Macros

[Don Killian]

Dear all,

Mark Dingermanse made me aware of a macro created in 2000 (or perhaps 
even earlier?) by Susanna Cummings, and it seems to be precisely what I 
was looking for (Mark, it does still work for Word 2007 at least).  It 
has a way to auto number, auto align (via an invisible table), 
auto-bookmark the example (in case you want to cross reference your 
example in the text for instance, and then the example number changes), 
and most of the LaTeX issues that I was missing seem to be present.  It 
will do in a pinch, at any rate.

When I have more time at some other instance, I may try to compare the 
time difference between converting via latex2rtf (it may still not be 
viable if I have large numbers of tables, examples, etc) and writing 
directly in Word, but at the very least, this macro was exactly what I 
was looking for.

I'm attaching it for anyone else who might also appreciate a way to 
automate their glossing in Word.  I'd still recommend XeLaTeX over Word 
for anyone interested (feel free to send me a private email if you want 
to know why or what XeLaTeX is), but this at least helps.

Mark, thanks again, and thanks also go to the author, even if she is not 
actually on this list!

Best,

Don

On 11/13/2013 4:11 PM, Kilu von Prince wrote:
> Dear Don,
>
> as a (Xe)LaTeX user, I frequently encounter the same problem. To my
> knowledge, there is no truly efficient way to typeset glossed examples
> in Word, but at least you can use tables with invisible borders and
> optimal width to make sure that your examples won't completely blow up
> every time you open the document.
>
> Best,
> Kilu
>
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Don Killian <donald.killian at helsinki.fi
> <mailto:donald.killian at helsinki.fi>> wrote:
>
>     Dear all,
>
>     I'm currently working on an article where the required formatting is
>     in Word, a program I'm not very used to at this point.
>
>     I typically use LaTeX, a word processing program which has automated
>     features for citations, glosses, references, table of contents, etc.
>     Once you get used to everything done automatically, the idea of
>     going back to doing everything manually is definitely not appealing.
>
>     Some of these can be handled in Word, such as the table of contents,
>     but I admit that glossing is one area where I don't have any idea if
>     it's possible to automate, and I'm reluctant to do everything
>     manually. Changing the font or size can destroy layouts if you use
>     manual tabs, and I know plenty of people who have spent immense
>     amounts of time tweaking documents simply due to formatting issues.
>
>     So, my question: are there any macros for linguists which could help
>     speed up writing documents when you're using Word?  Particularly for
>     glossing?
>
>     Thanks for any suggestions you can give!
>
>     Best,
>
>     Don
>
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