WD: How to Remove HTML Tags with a Word Macro

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To remove HTML tags from your document, follow these steps:

1. On the File menu, click Open.
2. Click to select the Confirm Conversions check box and click your file.
3. Click OK.
4. In the Confirm Conversion dialog box, click Text Only.
5. Click OK.
6. After the document opens, run the following macro. This macro will find, select, and remove the HTML tags:

      Sub MAIN
         StartOfDocument
         EditFind .Find = "<", .Direction = 0, .MatchCase = 0, \ 
         .WholeWord = 0, .PatternMatch = 0,  .SoundsLike = 0, \ 
         .Format = 0, .Wrap = 2
         While EditFindFound()
            ExtendSelection ">"
            EditClear
            EditFind .Find = "<", .Direction = 0, .MatchCase = 0, \ 
            .WholeWord = 0, .PatternMatch = 0,  .SoundsLike = 0, \ 
            .Format = 0, .Wrap = 2
         Wend
      End Sub
   						

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