Sure.
You will have to test it out and see how it works for you.
Here is a link to download it, you are welcome to tweak etc., and these are as is, i.e. I can’t guarantee that they will do what you want, so I would definitely not use them on your only copy of files, etc. Also, I don’t think they will work with Word on Mac.
As far as how to import these into Word, what I find easiest is to open a blank Word document, and use the key combination Alt-F11 to open up Visual Basic.
Then, I like to make sure I am in the normal template. When you open Visual Basic, it defaults to the current project/document, so using the Project Explorer window at the top left (if not visible, click View > Project Explorer), I will click on the line that says Normal. Then, click File > Import file, and import the ParatextMacros.bas file you downloaded.
I have several varieties of macros, two basic ones that use no styles, and presuppose that verses, headings, etc. will be marked in a specific way. These are basically only useful on single chapter files, and would likely need edited for what you want.
In a case where you have used extra characters etc. along with the chapter or verse numbers, the ParaStyle macro is useful. For example, if you wrote out chapter along with each chapter number, it can identify and remove the extra info. Or if your verse has extra markings, i.e. something like 1)., you can show that. For that you will also need to know what your font sizes etc. are.
The Parastyle macro also will offer to search for styles.
The styles macro only searches for styles, and lets you search for the style you want to, and asks for the desired marker.
There is also a Footnotes macro, which will find footnotes and embed them at the correct place in the text, with the footnote marking. However, it won’t mark the footnote reference info. (that can be done using Regex Pal in Paratext, I can give you my regex strings on that if you need it). The footnotes macro is already embedded in the Parastyle and Style macros.
Since Paratext is picky about order of headings and chapter markers, and often word files will have the order switched, I often will use a regex enabled text editor like Edit Pad Lite to swap the order of the headings and chapter markers. I can also give you the regex strings I use for that if you need them. RegexPal only works within chapter boundaries, so that step had to be done outside of Paratext.
Like I said, no guarantees these will work well for you, but I have used them multiple times over the last 10 years, and have been tweaking things on them with each new translation I import. I have found that by using a combination of these with a regex capable text editor, I can often import an entire New Testament in a couple of hours, depending on different factors. If the translator has included a lot of numbers in the text, and hasn’t used styles, it gets much more complicated.
Feel free to try these out, and let me know what you find. I am always trying to tweak them to cover a broader range of translation styles.
BEH
