Any smart way to change text after : (colon) from italic to normal ?

Try the following macro:

Sub CitationsReformat()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveDocument.Range
  With .Find
    .ClearFormatting
    .Replacement.ClearFormatting
    .Text = ""
    .Replacement.Text = ""
    .Font.Italic = True
    .Format = True
    .Forward = True
    .Wrap = wdFindStop
    .MatchWildcards = False
    .Execute
  End With
  Do While .Find.Found
    If InStr(.Text, ":") > 0 Then
      .Start = .Start + InStr(.Text, ":") + 1
      .Font.Italic = False
    End If
    .Collapse wdCollapseEnd
    .Find.Execute
  Loop
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

For PC macro installation & usage instructions, see: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

Hi Paul,

Many many thanks for the information!

First I need to learn how to use macros and I already took a look in the site you kindly indicated.

I will post again as soon as the "experiment" is implemented.

It seems a terrific game to play during the weekend!

Cheers,

Carlos

I don't know why, either. I merely showed how it could be done, without passing judgement as to whether it should be done.

Perhaps Carlos has the italicised/plain text requirement confused with the way journal titles and article titles within Journals, etc. are to be cited. Besides which, if they're in a citation field or bibliography field, Word will restore the italicising next time the field updates...

Hi!

Thanks for remembering the "citation field or bibliography field" issue.

Actually, I intend to do it after these fields have been removed.

The citation stile I use has this detail of italic in a part of the title and non-italic in the other.

Actually, since it is my first time with macro, I am finishing a writing first and then I'm going to learn how to use the macro. In a couple of days I will return the experiment output!

Best,

Carlos