Defining Range Objects Using Bookmarks

Word 2000

I have a document that is used as a boiler plate for text. Throughout the
course of a shift we will paste blocks of data into the document. At the
end of the shift we process the data using a set a macros that I've written.

Currently, the macros work by moving the cursor in the document to select
blocks of text. I'm now working on having the macros use range objects
instead. The blocks of text can be of varying lengths, so I can't use a set
number of characters, lines, or paragraphs to create the range objects--they
have to be dynamic in that respect. So I thought that I would use
bookmarks. I've figured out how to create a bookmark each time a block of
text is pasted into the document. I'm creating the bookmark at the end of
the block of text. However, I haven't been able to figure out how to use
those bookmarks to define my range objects.

What I would like to do is have the macro define the range object so that it
starts with the current cursor location and ends with the NEXT bookmark.
How can I do that?

--Tom

Doug
Sat Jan 24 03:07:00 CST 2004

Dim myrange As Range
Set myrange = Selection.Range
myrange.End = ActiveDocument.Range.End
myrange.End = myrange.Bookmarks(1).Range.End

will set a range that contains the text from the selection to the next
bookmark in the document.
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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"MT DOJ Help Desk" <DoNotReplyBy@EMail.com> wrote in message
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> Word 2000
>
> I have a document that is used as a boiler plate for text. Throughout the
> course of a shift we will paste blocks of data into the document. At the
> end of the shift we process the data using a set a macros that I've
> written.
>
> Currently, the macros work by moving the cursor in the document to select
> blocks of text. I'm now working on having the macros use range objects
> instead. The blocks of text can be of varying lengths, so I can't use a
> set
> number of characters, lines, or paragraphs to create the range
> objects--they
> have to be dynamic in that respect. So I thought that I would use
> bookmarks. I've figured out how to create a bookmark each time a block of
> text is pasted into the document. I'm creating the bookmark at the end of
> the block of text. However, I haven't been able to figure out how to use
> those bookmarks to define my range objects.
>
> What I would like to do is have the macro define the range object so that
> it
> starts with the current cursor location and ends with the NEXT bookmark.
> How can I do that?
>
> --Tom
>
>

Jezebel
Sat Jan 24 03:19:32 CST 2004

First, each bookmark represents a range, so the first part of your question
is easy:

Dim pRange as Word.Range
:
Set pRange = ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("BookmarkName").Range

Second, you can use the Range method to define a range given any two
positions in the document, so to get a reference from the cursor location up
to a bookmark you could use

Set pRange = ActiveDocument.Range(Start:=Selection.Start, _
End:=ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("NextBookmarkName").Range.Start - 1)

You'll need your own logic to determine which is the next bookmark --
presumably depends on what else your macro is doing.




"MT DOJ Help Desk" <DoNotReplyBy@EMail.com> wrote in message
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> Word 2000
>
> I have a document that is used as a boiler plate for text. Throughout the
> course of a shift we will paste blocks of data into the document. At the
> end of the shift we process the data using a set a macros that I've
written.
>
> Currently, the macros work by moving the cursor in the document to select
> blocks of text. I'm now working on having the macros use range objects
> instead. The blocks of text can be of varying lengths, so I can't use a
set
> number of characters, lines, or paragraphs to create the range
objects--they
> have to be dynamic in that respect. So I thought that I would use
> bookmarks. I've figured out how to create a bookmark each time a block of
> text is pasted into the document. I'm creating the bookmark at the end of
> the block of text. However, I haven't been able to figure out how to use
> those bookmarks to define my range objects.
>
> What I would like to do is have the macro define the range object so that
it
> starts with the current cursor location and ends with the NEXT bookmark.
> How can I do that?
>
> --Tom
>
>