How to change an MS Word document's template before opening?

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    - Problem creating Userform Hi - I'm running Word 2000 at work and I'm trying to learn to create a Userform. I've been using the article by Doug Robbins on how to create a Userform and when I code in his example (letter for letter) I get the following error: Compile error: Method or data member not found It seems to be in regards to " .Range_ " in the the line: .Bookmarks("Text1").Range_ Can someone please help me? I'm sure it's a very simple error and one which is probably a simpler over looked area from me. Thanks for you future help.... Darren. Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110665
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    - Update Textbox1 after combox easy help for beginner! I want only that after I choose in the Combobox1 one value in the textbox1 appear automatically this value! I know it s a stupid question...I'm starting know to work with WBA and so I' reading a lot! Sub MACRO22() UserForm1.Show UserForm1.ComboBox1.RowSource = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Foglio1").Range("A1:A3").Address(External:=True) End Sub Private Sub ComboBox1_AfterUpdate() UserForm1.TextBox1.Text = UserForm1.ComboBox1.Value End Sub Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110658
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    - disable macros in word Hi, I would like to be able to write codes to disable macros in VBA for office word 03 document. I wonder if anyone might be able to guide me on how to do this? Thank you in advance Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110649
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    - Referencing Bookmarks and Fields Hello I was wondering if there is a way of representing the same bookmark (or field) in multiple places in a word document. I've designed a userform that requires input from the user and places data in appropriate placeholders in a document. For instance, suppose I want a particular phone number (let's say 180 -555-5000) to automatically be inserted into 7 different locations in a document from data extracted from a userform. Must I create 7 different bookmarks/fields in each place I want to see the number represented? I know Wordperfect 9 is capable of inserting the same bookmark with the same data in multiple places so that you avoid creating a new bookmark for the same data. Any thoughts? Thanks. Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110642
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    - Locating Misspelled words VBA Gerus, Is there a function to locate misspelled words that were identified by Word 2003 & 2007? Thanks. Charlie from Texas Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110638
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    - Insert {XE "test"}{TC "Test" \l 1} Automation a word report from Access. At run time, I want to be able to insert 2 field type to a company name. One type for a TOC and a second for an index. I'am using a table for an uniform layout. How can I simply insert those field right after the company name in the cell ? Maybe I started all wrong ? Do until rst.eof Set Tbl = Wrd.ActiveDocument.Tables.Add(Wrd.Selection.Range, 8, 2) with Tbl .Cell(1, 1).Range.Text = "Company name :" .Cell(1, 1).Range.Style = wdStyleStrong .Cell(1, 2).Range.Text = rst!CompName 'insert {XE "test"}{TC "Test" \l 1} after the company name... end with wrd.selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdSectionBreakNextPage rst.movenext loop Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110632
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    - Find page number for each word in document Hi All, I have a Word document for which I'm trying to create an index. I've just started this code, but the idea is to parse through each word and dump out the word and the page number to a CSV file that I can manipulate later on (or dump it to a dictionary object or array or something so I can manipulated it in code). The end result being the 100 least used words in the document should make a halfway decent index. My problem is that I can't figure out how to get the the page number to show up correctly using the following code: Function CreateIndex() Dim fso, NewsFile Set fso =3D CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set File =3D fso.CreateTextFile("c:\book\sampleindex.csv", True) Set objDictionary =3D CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary") Set colWords =3D Application.ActiveDocument.Words For Each strWord In colWords strWord =3D LCase(strWord) strLetter =3D Left(strWord, 1) If Asc(strLetter) < 97 Or Asc(strLetter) > 122 Then Else ActiveWindow.ScrollIntoView Selection.Range, True intPage =3D Selection.Range.Information(wdActiveEndPageNumber) MsgBox (strWord & "," & intPage) File.WriteLine strWord & "," & intPage End If Next File.Close End Function I'm pretty new to VBA for Word, but I'm not terrible at VBS, so I can sometimes keep up with you =FCber scripters out there. The result of this script is a CSV file that has each word in the document, and the number "1", because wdActiveEndPageNumber always returns a "1". I tried to add the "ActiveWindow.ScrollIntoView" line to scroll to the page, but I have a feeling I'm missing something for that to work. So, any help you guys can offer would be much appreciated. Thanks! Gabe Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110625
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    - ThisDocument Question I have documents that are created from a template but once they get up into our system get delinked from the template. What I have done is when the document is created it copies all the forms and macros into each document. My question is how do I copy the following macros into ThisDocument? Option Explicit 'reserve memory for an application variable Private WithEvents wdApp As Word.Application Private Sub Document_New() 'assign Word to the application variable If wdApp Is Nothing Then Set wdApp = ThisDocument.Application End If End Sub Private Sub Document_Open() 'assign Word to the application variable If wdApp Is Nothing Then Set wdApp = ThisDocument.Application End If End Sub Private Sub wdApp_WindowSelectionChange(ByVal Sel As Selection) 'quit if active doc isn't attached to this template If ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate <> ThisDocument Then Exit Sub 'get out of the header if we're in it Select Case Sel.StoryType Case wdFirstPageHeaderStory 'wdPrimaryHeaderStory ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekMainDocument frmTable.Show Exit Sub Case Else If Sel.Range.InRange(ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("bktable").Range) Then ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("bkbeforetbl").Select frmTable.Show End If If Sel.Range.InRange(ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("bkProTitle").Range) Then ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("bkbeforetbl").Select frmType.Show End If End Select End Sub Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110623
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    - Inserting a checkbox using VBA I have a macro in Outlook that will create a word document. I want to insert a checkbox control. objWord.ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Required").Select objWord.Selection.TypeText CStr(names) basically it select a bookmark, then type in some names. Instead of plain text I want it to be a checkbox with the caption = names. I tried this: objWord.Selection.InlineShapes.AddOLEControl ClassType:="Forms.CheckBox.1" However the checkbox just won't show up. Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110622
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    - How to replace OLE in Word? How to see source object in Word? /OLE, please vanish!/ 1) z.B. How to get an underlined blue text and to click on it and to send E-mail INSTEAD OF having this in Word doc: {HYPERLINK "mailto:oat@defgo.ru" }? 2)z.B. How to see real picture instead of reading this: {EMBED MSPhotoEd.3} ? Thank you! Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110620
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    - GotoBottom Using Word 2003, I have set up a Protected/Unprotected Form Form(set)...The file contains 5 different forms used by the engineering department. All of the forms, with the exception of the first must be able to replicate themselves. The forms are constructed using tables and section breaks as required. At the bottom of each of the forms in the set is a paragraph mark (set to 1.5 points). I am using the small routine (below) as part of the macro to get to the bottom of each page, add a 'page break', and then insert a specific table stored as an autotext entry to create another page in the series. When I record the macro (gotobottom, insert break-page, autotext-add table) the new page is there (bam!). All of the macros for this document are stored in a toolbar for the engineers to use. When I run the macro from the toolbar - the new page is all messed up. The page break is being added in the table above, pushing the balance of the table to the next page along with the addition of the autotext table and a space is added at the top of the original table which also pushes the table further down..... I tried creating a 'dummy' scenario in a blank document and when I initiate the gotobottom by itself, it jumps to the cell marker (outside the table) at the last cell, last row and not to a paragraph mark placed below the table, as I believe it should. If I place two paragraph marks below the table, then the cursor does jump to the first paragraph mark below the table.... can someone please explain what may be happening and how I can correct to get the desired results??? my thanks and best regards, Lenny Sub GotoPgBottom() Dim rTmp As Range Set rTmp = Selection.Bookmarks("\page").Range rTmp.End = rTmp.End - 1 rTmp.Collapse direction:=wdCollapseEnd rTmp.Select End Sub Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110619
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    - Perform readability statistics Hello, I know that I can get the readability statistics when I execute a grammar check, but is there a way to simply execute the readability statistics without running a complete grammar check. Just run it on the text as is? i am specifically trying to get the Flesch score for a document at the click of a button without any interaction on the behalf of the user. Thank you, QB Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110615
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    - split repeating table in my form i have repeating table, bind with webservice, receive data from database, data in more than 5000 rows. now i want to split this repeating table in pages, 100 rows per page is this possible without coding??? I use page break in repeating table, but it can't work. thanks -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110613
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    - Adding user to word document? Hi, Once I have logged onto my Windows XP machine in work, I was wondering if it was possible to add my user to a word document as soon as it is opened. i.e. I log on as DSmith, could DSmith be inserted into a field in a word document upon open? and if so, how? Appreciate any advice on this. Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110607
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    - selecting specific text within a cell Office 2003 Pro. I am creating tables in Word and then adding text to these tables and formatting. Qu.1 ------ This example shows 2 bits of text going into one cell. What I want to do is then make "Title text" bold, and I end up always setting the whole cell bold. How should I do this without using an extra row for my title ? Set rng = objWord.ActiveDocument.Tables(intTable).Cell(1, 1).Range rng.Text = "Title text" rng.Text = "Some more text" rng.InsertAfter (strUnit) Qu.2 ------ My table has multiple rows and combination of x1 column or x2 columns: Is it best to create all x1 column and use cell.slit or create all x2 columns and use cell.merge,... or it doesnt matter ? Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110606
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    - Link to Outlook Contacts I'm wondering if this is possible I'd like to link to an Outlook contact. I know how to grab the information both via MAPI and the address book. However, I'd like to create an updatable link to a specific contact item. Any ideas? Thanks. Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110604
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    - Word 2003 macro to re-place original clipboard contents I have a WORD 2003 macro that uses the clipboard to do various things. When the macro finishes, the clipboard contains a bit of the stuff the macro put into it. I would like the macro to re-place whatc had originally been in the clipboard. What I would like to have happen is this ****SEMI PSEUDO CODE**************** Sub DummyMacro() ' at beginning of macro copy ' clipboard material into variable Dim myOriginalClipboardVariable as string myOriginalClipboardVariable:= clipboard_contents ' 'Here macro does a bunch of stuff. A 'At the end of the macro, just before exiting 'clear the clipboard clipboard:= "" ' then place stuff that was originally in the clipboard back clipboard := myOriginalClipboardVariable End Sub ******END SEMI PSEUDO CODE********* I realize that this will not work as I have written it, but that's because I am not yet familiar enough with VBA basics. Would anyone mind giving me a hand here? Regards, Alan Stancliff Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110601
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    - hyperlinks in protected doc I have a table which is protected because it has formfields. I want to put in hyperlinks to a Help file at various points. The only way I've found to do this is to put in unprotected sections where I have the links. This leads to other problems. Any better ideas? Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110599
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    - Referencing Bookmarks and Fields Hello I was wondering if there is a way of representing the same bookmark (or field) in multiple places in a word document. I've designed a userform that requires input from the user and places data in appropriate placeholders in a document. For instance, suppose I want a particular phone number (let's say 180 -555-5000) to automatically be inserted into 7 different locations in a document from data extracted from a userform. Must I create 7 different bookmarks/fields in each place I want to see the number represented? I know Wordperfect 9 is capable of inserting the same bookmark with the same data in multiple places so that you avoid creating a new bookmark for the same data. Any thoughts? Thanks. Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110593
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    - VBA code to merge 2 tables I have an authoring software that automatically creates a Word document from text stored in a database. The software allows for VBA code to be run while the Word document is being created. Here's my problem: In one instance, a table is being broken up in 2 pieces with 3 paragraph marks separating the 2 tables. I need the macro to remove the paragraph marks, so that the 2 tables get merged. I have tried researching this in here, but no luck. Any help is appreciated. Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110588
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    - Built-in properties Hi, I've just found out there is a built-in properties thingy, and I found out that there seem to be 30 of them. However, I had to write some code to list them out (below, in case you need it) and I still don't have definitions of what these properties actually are. It's fairly obvious what most of them are, but what is 'format' for example? The inbuilt help never seems to just give a simple listing of these different options. Why would that be? Here's the code to list them, btw: Sub GetBuiltInDocumentProperties() On Error Resume Next mytext = "" For i = 1 To 255 mytext = mytext & i & " " & ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(i).Name & ":- " & ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(i).Value & vbCrLf Next MsgBox mytext End Sub This lists out properties 1 - 30, but how do I know there isn't a property number 699 (or 6,000,699) for example? Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110587
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    - Creating Custom Mailing List I want to be able to create a database of my customers and be able to run a program that will print a formatted letter and envelopes to the different customers without having to manually input names and address, what is the best program for this scenario. Thank you Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110580
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    - Propose save file name Hi. I'm developing an applicaiton, that starts the word, opens a document based on a template and fill some information in it. Then the user can modify this document. If the user wants to save it, the file name in the SaveAs-dialog is "document.doc" The question is: how can I set the proposed name of document by my application? Thanks a lot. Anatoli Rejditsch. Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110577
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    - Get DropDown Lists in 2007 out of AddIns (Is there a new 2007 board that I should be writing to with this question?) I have written a large program for 2003 (and before). I can create dropdown lists for various selections I need to make, and position them in the toolbar without problem. This is the essential code: Set newlist = mybar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlDropdown) For n = 1 To ubound(filenamed) newlist.AddItem filenamed(n) Next newlist.OnAction = "DoStuff" THE PROBLEM: In 2007, the commandbar (list) appears in the AddIns tab. I have created a new tab (called "My Program") that houses other commands regarding the program (so I can at least move those command buttons out of the generic "AddIns" tab). But I cannot figure out how to place the dropdown list into the "My Program" tab. Any ideas? Ed (in VA) Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110574
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    - opening word 2007 attachmentts Using Office word 2003, how do I open an attahment that is office word 2007? Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110572
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    - Search for text box formatted to Layout: In line with text Hi. I've managed to set up a macro that hides the content of all text boxes in my document by searching for each text box and setting the contents' font colour to white. However, it only seems to find text boxes that haven't been formatted to 'Layout: In line with text'. Does anybody know way to search for and edit these text boxes as well as the others? Here is the code that I am using: Sub HideAnswers() ' Find each text box and set it's font colour to white Dim aShape As Shape For Each aShape In ActiveDocument.Shapes If aShape.Type = msoTextBox Then aShape.Select Selection.Font.Color = wdColorWhite End If Next End Sub Any help would be really appreciated. Cheers, Dan. Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110571
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    - embded excel spreadsheet Hi, I tried to embed excel spreadsheet into the word template document but when I try to use macrobutton in this sheet it does not do anything. could somebody tell me why? thanks Peter Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110570
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    - CALLING EXTERNAL DOCS Hi. How could I call external document to open with macro after selecting macrobutton in userform? I need to have four slightly different templates of document with differencies only in number of active substances what will cause to use of diggerent userforms and different documents. small difference at the beginnign, big difference at the end. could somebody help? Thanks Peter Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110569
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    - ActiveDocument - AutoOpen Good morning, I am trying to create a macro that will allow me to recall the AutoOpen function of the current document. I have been trying the following with no prevail: From within my Normal.dot file, this one only causes errors. [code] Sub Reset_Document() Application.Run ActiveDocument.ThisModule.ThisProcedure End Sub [/code] and this one does half the job [code] Sub Reset_Document() With ActiveDocument .Reload .ResetFormFields End Sub [/code] and this one only errors [code] Sub Reset_Document() With ActiveDocument .ResetFormFields AutoOpen() End Sub [/code] Now the middle one causes my fields to be cleared, which is nice; but I have some Input boxes that appear when the user opens the document and they do not appear. So my question is: How do I recall the AutoOpen function of my document from a Macro stored in another document? On another note, how do I highlight code? Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110563
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    - Other groups... Greetings to all, Now that I have a 9-5 desk job, I cannot access the groups with he tools I would like to use. During the last 5 years I was using Outlook Express at home where I used to work as well. Here at the office I am now stuck with Lotus Notes. I tried accessing Usenet with Lotus Notes (It does offer Newsgroup capabilities) and with OE, but I believe the security set up by the IT people at the company is preventing me from making an NNTP connection. So I am using the Web Interface. I am getting accustomed to it. But I noticed that it is called "Word programming." Where are the 5 basic VBA groups I am used to (microsoft.public.word.vba.addins, microsoft.public.word.vba.beginners, microsoft.public.word.vba.customization, microsoft.public.word.vba.general, microsoft.public.word.vba.userforms)? Also, while I was on Google groups, I noticed that there is a group called "microsoft.public.word.vba". I never saw it with OE.... What is it? Was it always around but I just never noticed it thinking it was just a prefix, not an actual group)? Am I correct in asuming that "Word Programing" is in fact "microsoft.public.word.vba.general"? If there is no connection between the Web interface and those 6 groups, how do people, post to those groups? (Presumebly this means that there is no connection betwen Word itself and those 6 groups.) Will I have to use Google to access those groups? Anybody using Google to manage their posts? How is it? Thanks. Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110555
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    - pictures and W2007 treatment After reading Daiya Mitchell's article "Word Doesn't Know What a Page Is," I wonder if the mailbox treatment that she described (text one one, headers/footers another, floating graphics on another) is still applicable in Word 2007? Here's why I ask. To avoid problems with float over graphics wandering into unwanted places when reflowing text, I have instead placed images into multi column borderless tables as in-line. I do this only when I need to simulate wrapped text. Is this cautionary practice necessary anymore with the new structure of W2007? I have just gotten the 2007 Office Suite and am not XML literate enough to know its impact. Any insights would be appreciated. Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110553
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    - How to close the template or Document 1 Hi Someone has very kindly helped with some code which I need to ammend in order to be complete but I am not sure how to do it.....I have tried many various possiblities. First thing that happens when a certain document opens is a form appears allowing a user to select a template. This is the code behind one of the buttons on the form. Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() Word.Documents.Add Template:="G:\Template\ent_test.dot" Me.Hide ThisDocument.Close Document1.Close End Sub This works great and opens a new document based on the template closing the original document. This is the code behind the template which fills certain fields with merged data which works perfectly. Sub AutoNew() With ActiveDocument.MailMerge .MainDocumentType = wdFormLetters .OpenDataSource Name:= _ "C:\ENTMRG.DBF", ConfirmConversions:=False .Destination = wdSendToNewDocument .SuppressBlankLines = True With .DataSource .FirstRecord = wdDefaultFirstRecord .LastRecord = wdDefaultLastRecord End With .Execute End With End Sub My only problem is, once the template opens and the macro is run, although a correct document opens, the template or at least a document called Document1 is also open. Ideally, I would like that document to close without saving changes only leaving the document with the merged data open. The reason why is it is giving the user to many options for confusion when closing multiple documents. I hope you understand what I am asking as it is not easy to explain. Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110533
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    - Open File on ftp site Good afternoon -- I want to set up a command button to open a document sitting on our office ftp site. So, if the file address is ftp://folder/subfolder/document.doc, can someone help me with a code snippet? Thanks in advance. Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110529
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    - Making a check box that will automatically put in check when click We are making a form that will be filled out on the internet and must have a check box that will put a check mark into the box when clicked on. The directions from "help" are not making it happen. The form has been created and the check boxes added to it, could this be the problem? How to fix? HELP! Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110526
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    - Locking Master Document I need to be able to lock a word master document from VBA. In word from the outline view when I position the cursor inside the master document and click the Lock Document icon this works fine but if I record these actions the macro produced contains the code: Selection.Range.Subdocuments(1).Locked = Not Selection.Range.Subdocuments( _ 1).Locked If I run this macro I get a message saying the selected member of the collection does not exist. Anyone know how to lock a master document from VBA? Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110523
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    - Displaying Conditional Content in Word 2007 I'm looking for recommendations on creating and managing conditional content in Word. Examples may be: 1. I have a resume that has slightly different content for different industries' jobs I'm applying for. For example, in my last job in the "Experience" section, I may want to put three bullet points with text for my "manufacturing industry" resume and two of the same bullets of from the first list and another new bullet point (also hiding one of the bullet points from the first resume) for my "financial industry" resume. If I want to add a 3rd industry to apply for, such as the medical industry, maybe I just want to replace certain words in an existing financial industry bullet, for example, replacing the word "Sarbanes-Oxley" with "HIPAA". 2. I am creating a course on a subject. The end result will be 3 seperate documents - Instructor Guide, Participant Guide and Classroom Logistics Guide. The Instructor Guide will include the Participant Guide and Classroom Logistics Guide, as well as instructor delivery notes (in seperate blocks of content, like "Say This", "Common Questions from Participants", "How to Run this Activity"). The Classroom Logistics Guide will just be one or two sheets that may need to be saved seperately so it can be sent to another person if they are arranging part of the classroom logistics. Rather than perform a huge amount of copy/paste/delete and try to keep all the data current, I'm looking to just keep all this information in a single document - any outputted documents will be the result of editing the single document template. I've read some about XML and XSLT, but I don't know if they are what I'm looking for, because it appears that XSLT will reformat the document, when all I want is content switched out or removed/added based on content type - all formatting should stay as is. Is this something I can just tag certain content with an XML tag and then run a VBA routine against to remove that tag from the view of the rest of the document? The "Memo" and "Resume" XML samples for Word on MSDN weren't helpful. Bill Coan has a good example I looked at on wordsite.com, but his is all about formating for HTML (but the key idea is there as to what I'm looking for). I've also considered using "hidden text" inside of a Content Control and then just using VBA to hide all parts I don't need via the Control's tag, but that's just a binary choice of include/don't include and I need conditional logic. Any help in this regard is deeply appreciated - pointers, samples, real world examples, a smack in the face... :) DD Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110514
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    - trust macros in Word 2007 Is there a way I can define Word 2007 .docm files to be trusted when coworkers download them from our Company intranet and then open them? A solution that doesn't require the user to allow macros each time would be greatly appreciated. Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110512
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    - How to get a user commandbar to always appear I've found some posts from people who can't get rid of their command bars but my problem is the opposite. In Excel to get a custom commandbar to run at startup I just use: Private Sub Workbook_Open() CreateTheComandBar End Sub It can be in any template and if it's in Personal.xls then it'll appear in all my workbooks. How do I do the same in Word ? Private Sub Document_Open() CreateTheComandBar End Sub ...in Normal.dot doesn't work. The same thing in Document_New works for subsequent new documents but the bar ain't there when I start word. Running "CreateTheComandBar" from the VBA editor works just fine but if I close and restart Word it's gone. Why are Word and Excel *still* so different in their behavior after so many wonderful years of co-existence ? -- David M WinXP - Office2003 (Italian) Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110500
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    - Reformatting text I receive a report in Word and need to export to an Access database. The problem is the record format isn't in a delimited format. Each record in Word has the following format: fied1 text (tab) field2 text(paragraph) field3 text (tab) field4 text(paragraph) field5(paragraph) paragraph number paragraph Next Record I would like to create a macro or something so the format for each record is something like: text, text, text, text, number so I can save as txt and import into Access. Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110496
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    - How to: Block user input temporarily? Hi, If I am manipulating text in a word document using e.g. selection property, I might want to keep the user from inadvertantly typing over my temporary selection by blocking user input. In Excel I could set Interactive = false I gather - is there an equivalent setting for Word? Sincerely, Anders Tag: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? Tag: 110492
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Hi,

Does anybody know how to change an MS Word document's assigned
template, preferably before the document opens? DSOFile.dll can't do
it, and I'm not sure what else that leaves?

Any and all pearls of wisdom welcomed and appreciated,

Cheers,
Al

Re: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? by Jay

Jay
Fri Feb 22 06:18:45 PST 2008

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:56:07 -0800 (PST), alanmurphy@gmail.com wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Does anybody know how to change an MS Word document's assigned
>template, preferably before the document opens? DSOFile.dll can't do
>it, and I'm not sure what else that leaves?
>
>Any and all pearls of wisdom welcomed and appreciated,
>
>Cheers,
>Al

It isn't possible to change it without opening the document first.

Once it is open, assign the AttachedTemplate property:

ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate = "C:\Templates\Letter.dot"

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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Re: How to change an MS Word document's template before opening? by Tony

Tony
Sat Feb 23 23:40:57 PST 2008

But note that if just the path is changing and the new template name is the
same as the old name, this won't work, and you will need to do it a
different way:

With Application.Dialogs(wdDialogToolsTemplates)
.Template = "C:\Templates\Letter.dot"
.Execute
End With

--
Enjoy,
Tony

"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:fcmtr3dm0t2cljj3nrru7s8jkhvh92bh5l@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:56:07 -0800 (PST), alanmurphy@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Does anybody know how to change an MS Word document's assigned
>>template, preferably before the document opens? DSOFile.dll can't do
>>it, and I'm not sure what else that leaves?
>>
>>Any and all pearls of wisdom welcomed and appreciated,
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Al
>
> It isn't possible to change it without opening the document first.
>
> Once it is open, assign the AttachedTemplate property:
>
> ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate = "C:\Templates\Letter.dot"
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
> so all may benefit.