Sub AuthorForenamesInitialiser()
' Paul Beverley - Version 20.12.23
' Changes author forenames to initials

' For numeric keypad
initialKey = "."
nextParaKey = "+"
stopKey = "0"

addFullPt = True

' If no numeric keypad, how about these?
' initialKey = "#"
' nextParaKey = "'"
' stopKey = "]"

Set rng = Selection.Range.Duplicate
myPosn = rng.Start
rng.Expand wdParagraph
For i = 1 To rng.Words.Count
  Set wd = rng.Words(i)
  If wd.Start > myPosn Then Exit For
Next i
iStart = i - 1
If iStart = 1 Then iStart = 2
Do
' For each reference
  For i = iStart To rng.Words.Count
    Set wd = rng.Words(i)
    myInit = wd.Characters(1)
    If addFullPt = True Then myInit = myInit & "."
    If (LCase(wd) <> UCase(wd)) And Len(Trim(wd)) > 1 And _
         (UCase(myInit) = myInit) And (UCase(wd) <> wd) Then
      wd.Select
      If Right(wd, 1) = " " Then sp = " " Else sp = ""
      nowWhat = InputBox("Initialise?", "AuthorForenamesInitialiser")
      If nowWhat = initialKey Then
        wd.Text = myInit & sp
        DoEvents
      End If
      If nowWhat = nextParaKey Then Exit For
      If nowWhat = stopKey Then Exit Sub
      If InStr(initialKey & nextParaKey & stopKey, nowWhat) = 0 Then
        Beep
        myResponse = MsgBox("Have you read the instruction for this macro?!", _
             vbQuestion + vbYesNoCancel, "AuthorForenamesInitialiser")
        If myResponse <> vbYes Then
          MsgBox "See chapter 12 of my book at http://wordmacrotools.com"
          Exit Sub
        End If
      End If
    End If
  Next i
  posNow = wd.Start
  Selection.Expand wdParagraph
  Selection.Start = posNow
  edPos = InStr(LCase(Selection), " ed")
  If edPos = 0 Then edPos = InStr(LCase(Selection), "(ed")
  If edPos > 0 Then
    Set rng = Selection.Range.Duplicate
    rng.Start = posNow + edPos
    Beep
  Else
    Selection.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
    Set rng = Selection.Range.Duplicate
    rng.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
    rng.Expand wdParagraph
  End If
  iStart = 2
Loop Until rng.End = ActiveDocument.Content.End
End Sub