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    - macro to search for and delete word art and objects Hi there, I am trying to write a macro that will search for word art (in the headers) and also search for objects (linked power point slides) in the main text and delete both of these. I'm not sure where to start, any help would be great. Thanks Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60136
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    - Controlling footers in code (Word 97) I have a template consisting mostly of 3 tables; normally, they all fit on one page, and there's a footer with a couple of signature blocks on it. I load these tables with data from an Access database, using OLE. I don't want to split a table over a page, so what I want to do is insert a page break just before the third table when there is more data than will fit on one page. If this happens, I don't want to print the footer on page 1. If it doesn't, and it all fits on one page, I do want to print the footer. I can figure out how to insert the break, but I can't seem to find anything on how to turn a footer on and off. Can anyone point me in the right direction? -- Peter L Reader, posting from stormy Portland, Oregon preader@pacifier.com Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60133
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    - using saveas in programming I currently have an acess program that will open a rtf file and > change the formating > >and save the file and move on to the next. Instead of > using > >active.document.save I would like to use save as and make > the rtf file a doc > >file. Any suggestions? > >. > > > Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60132
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    - Help! - Is there a way to save font + size across system? Is there anywhere to permanently set the 'font' and the 'size of font' for all word documents on my system? It seems there is already a default of 'Courier - 10' that every new document opens in that format and is saved that way. I would like to adjust the font and size to be larger across the board. Or at least to be larger when viewing them. You can adjust the size of fonts for all other programs using Control Panel - including for Internet Explorer and the general look of the computer. However, Word remains in smaller text no matter what I do. Hope this makes sense to someone that can help. Please respond. Thanks! Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60122
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    - Text Form Field I am making a template in Word 2000. I am using text form fields. I need further formatting for two types of form fields than it seems I can get thru the form field options. One, I want a number mask like a SSN. ###-##-####. Enter nine numbers and it adds the dashes. Two, using regular text, I want one character to be entered, only selecting from the characters A,B, or C. Anything else won't work. Is there any way to set this up? Thanks. Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60117
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    - Return to the previous document I am trying to write a macro where I start from an open document. Then I open another document containing a grid that must be inserted into the first document. I copy the grid and return to the first document, paste the grid, then close the document containing the grid. My problem is returning to the first document. When I use the macro recorder, the line reads: Windows("Document2").Activate The document I want to return to is not necessarily name "Document2". How do I return to whatever the original document is? Thanks so much. Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60115
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    - Inserting Image via com Hi, I can insert an image into a header with ohead.shapes.addpicture What I would like to do is to insert the picture inside a cell in a table but the cell doesn't have a Shapes collection I've also looked at copying the picture but there is no copy method of the shapes collection eg ohead.shapes(1).copy() doesn't exsist. Has anyone got any ideas on this. Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60109
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    - Writing text file problem Hi Folks, I'm writing data from my app to text file but it inserts "quotes" all over the place and this is not what I want (might be working with a html file). Is there any way to stop this? Cheers J Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60105
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    - Picture Sizing Hi I want a procedure in my template which simplifies the entering of pictures into a table, inserting them at the correct size. The procedure is in place but I cannot understand the meaurement units being used and cannot find any info in help about it - I have to have a set picture size but I can't seem to change the measurement unit. Please find the code below - the size I want for the photos is 6.5cm height x 5.5cm width but the code only seems to want to work on numbers in the hundreds, does anyone have any ideas what units are being used and how I can convert them to centimetres in the code or just how to work it out manually to enter the correct number. Many Many thanks InsertPhoto: Dim Myrange As Range With Options .PictureEditor = "Microsoft Word" .PictureWrapType = wdWrapMergeFront .MeasurementUnit = wdCentimeters 'measurement unit doesn't seem to make any diff End With If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) Then With Dialogs(wdDialogInsertPicture) If .Show Then Set Myrange = Selection.Cells(1).Range If Myrange.InlineShapes.Count > 0 Then With Myrange.InlineShapes(1) .LockAspectRatio = msoTrue .Height = 6.5 '138.5 .Width = 5.5 '147.4 End With Else With Myrange.ShapeRange .LockAspectRatio = msoTrue .Width = 5.5 '147.4 .Left = wdShapeCenter .WrapFormat.Type = wdWrapThrough ' .WrapFormat.Side = wdWrapBoth .LockAnchor = False .IncrementLeft 1# .IncrementTop 20# End With End If End If End With End If Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60104
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    - URLDownloadToFile API Hi Folks, I've been using this to update files with some success but.....I wish to modify my code. At the moment it takes the file from the server and updates the copies regardless of version. This is fine (or has bene up to now at least) as I always make sure the files on the server are the latest versions. I'd like to check if the file is of a certain date before downloading it is this possible? Cheers J Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60103
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    - Word vba developer group for Mac Hi, Can anybody suggest me a good url for Mac VBA developer(i.e. Word ) forum like this. Thanks & Regards Naveen Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60097
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    - Making Find and Replace dialog always open in enlarged view In Word 97, how can I alter the EditFind and EditReplace commands so that the Find dialog box always opens in its "More" state, with the formatting and other options displayed? I don't want to use SendKeys for this (using the SendKeys statement to activate the "More" button which opens the enlarged view) because SendKeys do not work in a macro that is run by a keystroke, and I only used the keystroke commands (Ctrl+F and Ctrl+H) to run the Find dialog box. Any ideas? Thanks. Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60096
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    - return to where it was Hi, i have a macro that goes to find a text and copy it but would like to come back at the last prompt i was at first. -- XP home , Office 97 any or all responses are gratefully accepted and thank you for your time Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60095
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    - Working with bookmarks I want to open a specified document, check whether the hidden bookmark _Toc69698351 exists If it exists append the bookmark name to a string as part of a hyperlink If it does not exist check whether the non hidden bookmark "KeyFindings" exists If this exists append it to the document filename as the sub-address of the document If it doesn't exist find the words "Key Findings" as the full text of a paragraph and make this a new bookmark. The answer to CowGirl partly answers the question but first I need to open the document. Here is what I have so far: Dim appWord As Word.Application Dim wrdDoc As Word.Document Dim wrdBookmark As Word.Bookmark Set appWord = CreateObject("Word.Application") appWord.Documents.Add appWord.Documents.Open (sFile) On Error Resume Next wrdDoc.Bookmarks("_Toc69698351").Select If Err Then 'The bookmark was not found On Error Resume Next wrdDoc.Bookmarks("KeyFindings").Select If Err Then 'Can we find the heading wrdDoc.Content.Find.Execute "Key Findings", False, True ??? Else gsKeyFindings = sFile & "#KeyFindings" End If Else gsKeyFindings = sFile & "#_Toc69698351" End If End If The Word document is not opening correctly TIA Terry Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60094
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    - Can I use Fileconverter object to convert a file that is not open? Currently I am using SaveAs, but I first need to open the file to do this. Any help would be great. Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60093
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    - Saving .dot files Any brilliant person out there who can make a "save as .dot" macro, that will automatically retain the original file name and file location, and save it as a .dot file? Bacground of why I would need such a thing is below. Thanks in advance for any help or thoughts anyone can offer! We use a lot of templates in Word. We are on Word 2003. Starting when we moved to Word XP, I have encountered a problem where my .dot files do not want to save correctly. In Word 97, if I opened my .dot file, it would open as .dot, I could work on it, and it would save as .dot. No problem. Now, for some reason, Word wants to save it as a .doc. Sometimes it warns me it is doing this, sometimes not. :( Even better, sometimes it *appears* to be a .dot, but it behaves like a .doc. Of course, several features of a template don't work correctly if it's not saved in the correct .dot format (for instance, the "createdate" field). I tried changing my default file format to be .dot, but that was a pain because then all my regular documents want to default to be saved in my personal templates folder. I tried changing my templates location so it at least pointed to the highest level of our shared templates, but that made it so my personal autotext and personal toobars didn't work (since my Normal.dot is saved in my templates directory. I can't save my Normal in the shared drive, I don't think, since that would probably over-ride everyone's personal Normal? I was afraid to try that.) The only way around this seems to be to always do a "save as" and specifically choose the .dot extension. Unfortunately, this automatically takes me to my personal templates folder (instead of the shared templates folder it originated from) so I have to re-navigate back to the correct folder (we have multiple folders for our shared templates, so they are split out onto separate tab in the Templates window) and then save. This is a pain. It's far more than a pain when Word sneakily makes a .dot file into a .doc and loses autotext and macros built into that file. (Yes, it should warn me, but it doesn't always do so. Really, I swear. I know you don't beleive me, but it's true. I have reported it to MS on their website, but to date have not seen anything in the Knowledgebase addressing it.) I'm sure this is some problem with our MS Word, but no one in my company's Tech Support wamts spend any time on the phone with Microsoft for this, since I'm the only one here who works on our templates. So, after struggling with this for a year or so, thinking maybe I would get used to it, or maybe I was crazy and it would finally stop doing it, I'm looking for other options. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60086
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    - Copying certain text from .doc file with variable length Right now I can copy text to a temp .txt file, then insert it into the new template. Basically everything between the words "Procedure:" and "Comments \ Suggestions" needs to be copied. The way I have it setup now works okay, but all the hard returns and tabs get screwy Lewie. The number of lines and paragraphs will differ between files. Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60083
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    - How do I automate lists of effective pages in word I have a technical manual with many chapters (seperate word documents) and I would like to know whether it is possible to automate the list of effective pages contained in the first chapter? Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60080
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    - Shift enter mapping I created the Macros as Greg suggested but I am having a problem with it working. These macros were added to a template other than Normal.dot and I have placed the template in the startup folder. What I am finding is the first time I open MS Word the macros are not working. If I closed the initial document and create a new document the macros work. Does anyone know how I can get it working on the document that opens first? "I would create a template with the following macros and use it for documents that you want use this feature for: Sub AutoNew() 'Assigns the Macro1 Macro to the ENTER Key CustomizationContext = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate KeyBindings.Add KeyCode:=BuildKeyCode(wdKeyReturn), _ KeyCategory:=wdKeyCategoryMacro, Command:="Macro1" End Sub Sub AutoOpen() 'Assigns the Macro1 Macro to the ENTER Key CustomizationContext = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate KeyBindings.Add KeyCode:=BuildKeyCode(wdKeyReturn), _ KeyCategory:=wdKeyCategoryMacro, Command:="Macro1" End Sub Sub AutoClose() CustomizationContext = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate FindKey(KeyCode:=BuildKeyCode(wdKeyReturn)).Disable 'Disables prompt to save template changes Templates(1).Save End Sub Sub Macro1() ' ' Macro1 Macro ' Macro recorded December 1, 2004 by CDR Gregory K. Maxey ' Selection.TypeText Text:=Chr(11) End Sub" Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60079
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    - Selecting a page Would someone be able to tell me how to select a range on a specific page in a word document. For example I am using one of the following to select text from a word document: 1) Set Vendorname = ActiveDocument.Range(Start:=108, End:=149) 2) Set VendorLine1 = appWrd.ActiveDocument.Range (Start:=205, End:=206) VendorLine1.End = VendorLine1.Paragraphs(1).Range.End VendorLine1.MoveEnd Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=-1 However, I am not able to select this on anything but the first page. How can I use VBA to say I want this from another page? Thanks!! Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60074
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    - How can I speed this up Can anyone help me please The bit of code below outputs 30 text boxes onto a page and takes about 25 seconds to do. This is a trial sample of something I am trying to develop. My 2 Questions are 1) Is there a limit to the number of text boxes you can output to a document, and 2) If not, how can I speed this up. The application I am working on potentially has thousands of text boxes to output over 10s of pages. Many thanks Phil Option Explicit Function DrawTextBoxs(NoBoxes As Integer) Dim i As Long Dim TopCorner As Long Dim LeftCorner As Long For i = 1 To NoBoxes If LeftCorner = 0 Then LeftCorner = 20 Else LeftCorner = LeftCorner + 150 End If If TopCorner = 0 Then TopCorner = 10 End If If LeftCorner > 500 Then LeftCorner = 20 TopCorner = TopCorner + 100 End If ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddTextbox(msoTextOrientationHorizontal, LeftCorner, TopCorner, 100, 80).Select Selection.ShapeRange.Select With Selection.ShapeRange .TextFrame.MarginLeft = 0# .TextFrame.MarginRight = 0# .TextFrame.MarginTop = 0# .TextFrame.MarginBottom = 0# .Fill.Visible = msoTrue .Fill.Solid .Fill.ForeColor = i * 3000 .Fill.Transparency = 0# .Line.Transparency = 0# .Line.Visible = msoTrue If i / 2 = i \ 2 Then .Line.DashStyle = msoLineSolid .Line.Style = msoLineSingle .Line.Weight = 5 Else .Line.DashStyle = msoLineSquareDot .Line.Style = msoLineSingle .Line.Weight = 2 End If .Line.Style = msoLineSingle .Line.ForeColor = 1500000 - (i * 2000) End With With Selection.Font If i / 2 = i \ 2 Then .NameAscii = "Arial" Else .NameAscii = "Comic Sans" End If .Size = 10 + i \ 2 .Bold = True .Italic = False .Underline = True .UnderlineColor = wdColorAutomatic .StrikeThrough = False .DoubleStrikeThrough = False .Outline = False .Emboss = False .Shadow = False .Hidden = False .SmallCaps = False .AllCaps = False .Color = 2000 + (i * 3500) .Engrave = False .Superscript = False .Subscript = False .Spacing = 0 .Scaling = 100 .Position = 0 .Kerning = 0 .Animation = wdAnimationNone End With ' Center Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphCenter Selection.TypeText Text:="This is Text Box " & i Selection.Collapse Next i End Function Sub Test() ' ' Test Macro ' Macro created 07/12/2004 ' Call DrawTextBoxs(30) End Sub Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60069
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    - Template macro question withdrawn Sorry, I figured this out from another post, works great. I think I'm getting a book... Thanks, Helen Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60068
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    - template macro I asked about a macro for making a document open in protected mode, with a custom toolbar showing. The protection macro is working great. So does the toolbar macro, as long as I'm opening the original template file for editing. However, when using File New to create a new document based on the template, the toolbar remains visible or not depending on the last user's setting. Is there a way to force it to be visible in a new document based on the template? Thanks in advance, Helen Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60067
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    - Insert logo Need a button (vba code) that inserts a logotype in a header (there is a bookmark b in a table). When the logotype is inserted and the user clicks on the button again it should not be inserted again. I also need the button that will remove the picture (logotype) if the user wants to undo the insert button. The documents can contain several pages, but the buttons should insert / remove the logo on the first page only (regardless from where you are in the document). Thanks for any help Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60065
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    - How can I view or print all the bookmarks in a word document at o. I am using Word 2003 and would like to view or print all the bookmarks in a document at one time. In brief: I use these bookmarks in the code of a audit report automation program (written in VBA for Word) and need to eleminate a document from which the program calls. I would like to use some of the bookmarks in another document and eleminate others. In the past I have had to write each bookmark out on a piece of paper. This method allows room for a lot of errors. There has got to be an easier way! Can any one help? Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60063
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    - Combining document with disparate styles I'm working on a project where I'm automatically combining two or more documents and I need to apply a consistent font throught the combined document. The problem is that doc A may have a style named X that uses a Helvetica font while doc B will have a style named Y that uses a Times Roman font. I have to apply a common style, but first I need to determine if these styles should be the same or if one is a heading style and the other a body text style. And I also won't know at runtime what styles to expect from the various documents I'll be assembling. Is the only solution to this problem to iterate through all the styles in a given document and do some basic heuristics on the discovered styles? For example, look at the properties of style X and decide if it is a heading style and then change the style a more generic style that is the best fit. Or would it be simpler to just update the font of all styles to use a pre-determined font family? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. TIA -- Peter Bernhardt SharpSense Software LLC peter@SharpBASSense.netURA Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60062
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    - adding data to an embedded chart dynamically All, I've created a word document that contains an embedded chart (using Insert > Picture > Chart) The chart's layout optin is "In front of text". What I'd like to do change/modify the data in the datasheet of this chart using vba or vbscript, but I don't know how to reference it. I've done the same thing in PowerPoint with this: Set oApp = CreateObject("Powerpoint.Application") Set oPres = oApp.Presentations.Open("C:\Presentation.ppt") Set oSlide = oPres.Slides("slide1") Set oChart = oSlide.Shapes("chart") with (oChart..OLEFormat.Object.Application.DataSheet) .Range("A1").Value = 100 End With But I don't understand the object model of word well enough to do this in Word. I also don't know how to name objects in Word so that I can reference them. Many thanks in advance for any insight or advice! Cheers, Matt Stuehler Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60060
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    - Merging two documents A friend of mines asked me to help him with this project. We have two separate word documents. MovieTitles.doc and MovieInfo.doc Movietitles is just a document with movie titles formatted as follows: Godfather Speed Matrix etc. MovieInfo contains movie information such as: Godfather A cinematic classic depicting the lives of .... What we'd like to do is open both of these documents behind the scenes. If we have matching titles we want to create a third document that includes the movietitle from movietitles.doc and underneath the title we want to indent and include all of the movieinfo from the movie info from the movieinfo.doc We want the text bold and changed to the color blue. Finally we'd like to save this as a third document. So far they've been doing this manually. in my mind this process is screaming for automation. Any advise with this process is welcome. Thanks in advance. Malik Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60058
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    - Margins of section xx error message Hi, I am using Word automation to print documents to a PDF driver and on some documents I am having a problem with the "Margins of section x lie outside the printable region". The problem I have is that I only get this on some machines (the ones I need to use!) and not on others. For example on a Win 2K machine with Word 2003 installed I get the error, but if I take the same document to an XP machine with Word 2003 installed the document prints OK to the same PDF driver. Changing to an alternative suppliers PDF driver does not cure the problem. I have tried changing normal.dot do that it is the same on both machines but this has no effect.I have made sure Page Setup has no margins, etc,etc. The PDF drivers are the same on both machines, Word has the same Service Pack level. This is driving me crazy as the production machines for this all need to be Windows 2K. Does anyone know what settings Word takes into account when produciing this message ? From trawling the Newgroups it appears that this helpfull message can not be supressed. Is this correct ? Thanks Iain Hamilton Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60056
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    - Control Firefox via VBA Hi Is it possible to control Firefox 1.0 via Word-VBA? I wrote some neat tools for the IE using MSHTML and SHDocVw which I want to make it also work with Firefox, especially because of its tabbed browsing. I have allready googled through the net but I couldn't find a Module or library to bind into Word-VBA. Anyone out ther who has a clue? thx Itekt Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60055
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    - word document I am using windows 98SE Plus and recieved an email attachment that is word document but everytime i go to open it it tells me that it has performed an illegal operation and must close. How do i remedy this problem Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60049
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    - BREAK & CONTINUE... Hi All I am using Msword 2003 and its VBA Q1 : Could you please let me know how can i use continue statement as in VB .? Also,i have used several tab options in a multi page control and want to traverse through all the contols present in that multipage. Q2 :How can i traverse thorugh all the controls in the multipage in one go.? I could only get the "controls " property with the frame control, to use. Thanks for help. Alok. Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60038
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    - Split Directory\filename into two variables In my macro a user selects a filename using: With Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen) If .Display Then strSourceFile = WordBasic.FilenameInfo$(.Name, 1) End If End With I want to split strSourceFile into a directory part, and a filename part. I've done this before by starting at the left most point of a string, then backing up one character untill a backslash is found, but I think there is probably something all ready built into VBA to do this. Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60036
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    - wdSaveChanges doesn't work I am using ActiveDocument.Close SaveChanges:=wdSaveChanges But I still get a prompt asking me to save changes. Any help would be nice. Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60029
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    - Wild Card Search II Helmut, et al, Sorry for reposting this, but the initial post is around 2-3 weeks old and buried. I was afraid it wouldn't get any attention. Here it is: Helmut, Hi, I am sorry this is so delayed, but I got caught up in some other work before I could test the macro you supplied me. When I run the macro, it gives me an error that says, the Find What contains a Pattern Match that is not a valid Expression. Do you know what this means or why I am getting this error? Here is the code clipped from the larger macro: ResetSearch With Selection .ExtendMode = False .HomeKey unit:=wdStory With Selection .ExtendMode = False .HomeKey unit:=wdStory With .Find .Text = "(^13)([A-z]{1;}.[^32^s^t]{1;})([!^13]{1;})" .Replacement.Text = "\1\3" .MatchWildcards = True ' define formatting .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll End With End With TIA, Jason L Helmut Weber <elmkqznfwvccbf@mailinator.com> wrote in message news:<agosp0l7nsg9kphkv1dbag2am70mkvbj5a@4ax.com>... > Hi Jason, > keep on! > > With Selection.Find > > .Text = " [ A-z].[^32^s^t]@" > > .Replacement.Text = "1/^+" > hm..., doesn't make any sense to me. > The 1/ should probably be \1, but would require an expression > inclosed in parenthesis (). Apart from other complications, > and apart from the fact, that wildcardsearch needs quite a bit > of a trial and error approach, (and some things simply don't work), > here is what i've figured out: > Search for a paragraph starting with some letters followed by "." > (^13)([A-z]{1,}.) > Paragraph would be expression \1 later. > Instead of {1,} one should be able to use @, but doesn't work here. > Include whitespace after ".": > (^13)([A-z]{1;}.)([^32^s^t]{1,}) > Again, ^w for whitespace doesn't work, therefore [^32^s^t]{1,}. > As the characters and the whitespace can be grouped together, > we arrive at: > (^13)([A-z]{1,}.[^32^s^t]{1,}) > Now we got to search until the paragraphs end. > That would be one ore more characters, that are not chr(13). > ([!^13]{1,}) > All together it could look like: > "(^13)([A-z]{1,}.[^32^s^t]{1,})([!^13]{1,})" > So we got 3 expressions, > expression1 is the preceding paragraph mark, which we leave untouched, > expression2 is > the letters following, plus the period plus the whitespace > expression3 is the remainder. > Follows > .Replacement.Text = "\1\3" > which means "cut off expression \2". > Apply the formatting to the result. > Here is my test macro, which could be improved by using > range instead of selection, and in some more ways, I guess. > Sub Test661() > ResetSearch > With Selection > .ExtendMode = False > .HomeKey unit:=wdStory > With .Find > .Text = "(^13)([A-z]{1;}.[^32^s^t]{1;})([!^13]{1;})" > .Replacement.Text = "\1\3" > .MatchWildcards = True > ' define formatting > .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne ' for testing > End With > End With > ResetSearch > End Sub > Public Sub ResetSearch() > With Selection.Find > .ClearFormatting > .Replacement.ClearFormatting > .Text = "" > .Replacement.Text = "" > .Forward = True > .Wrap = wdFindContinue > .Format = False > .MatchCase = False > .MatchWholeWord = False > .MatchWildcards = False > .MatchSoundsLike = False > .MatchAllWordForms = False > .Execute > End With > End Sub > HTH > Greetings from Bavaria, Germany > Helmut Weber, MVP > "red.sys" & chr(64) & "t-online.de" > Word XP, Win 98 > http://word.mvps.org/ Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60022
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    - InsertFile method leaves certain text out after insertion. I am using the InsertFile method to insert the contents of a text file into a Word document, like so: .Selection.InsertFile TextFileName, Range:="", _ ConfirmConversions:=False, link:=False, _ attachment:=False I have found that certain text is left out after insertion by Word, e.g. "+/-". When I try the insert file command from Word itself, a confirm conversion box will pop up, and allow me to force a "Plain text" conversion, which in turn leaves in the missing text after insertion. However, I cannot find a way to force this programmatically. Wd 2k, '03; Win XP, 2000 Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks. Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60019
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    - VBA Checkbox Problem I am dynamically creating checkboxes at runtime and trying to set the bookmark name. However, it will not allow me to set the new checkbox. I have tried dynamically changing the name of the bookmark, deleting it, and renaming. Nothing seems to work. Any help or work around would be appreciated Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60016
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    - autoexec error I getting an error when I start MS word or Ms excel that the hidden macro Autoexec has an error. Can someone tell me how to get rid of this error. I can't find an autoexe macro. Thank Mark Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60015
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    - Text Selection with VBA Hello, I am new to VBA in Word and I was wondering if=20 someone could help me please! I have a string in a Word document that I want to copy=20 from Word and then copy to an Excel worksheet. But the=20 string has a hard return at the end of it. So how do I=20 copy from the beginning of the string to the hard return?=20 I know the position in the document that the string starts=20 at but I do not know how to copy only to the carriage=20 return. For examle, when you select "Show/Hide =B6" to Show=20 it looks like: 125 North Street=B6 How do I use VBA to select only up to the hard return? I=20 hope this makes sense. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60011
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    - alphabetize mail merge I am developing a mail merge catalog in Word and using a query in Access as my data source. The table that the query references in Access is alphabetized by last name, the query in Access is alphabetized by last name, but the mail merge catalog prints in the order that the records were entered, rather than alphabetical order. How can I get the mail merge catalog to print in alphabetical order? Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60007
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    - Range Object positioning trouble Hi everybody! I've got some troubles, working with Range: Here is a code context: .. Call Word.ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Add("A" & CStr(iter), Word.ActiveDocument.Range(bmStart, bmStop)) .. bmStart and bmStop are changing from 0 to ActiveDocumet.Characters.Count, and mark parts of the document with different formatting. For the majority of test documents that works perfectly: I get Bookmark from Character # bmStart (incl) to Character # bmStop (incl), but for the moment I've got a document, for which from the very beginning of the document it works as Range from Character # (bmStart - 1) (incl) to Character # (bmStop - 1) (incl). Any specific features about this very document I've not found. Why could it be? Thanks, Alex Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60002
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    - Lock module sperately Hi, I am using modules in wod vba project. I want to lock project code & module which is inside the project in seperate password. Does this possible. IF so , may I have any solution. Currently If I unlock project user can access any modules, but I want to restrict acess to each module by password. Thanks & Regards Naveen Tag: scheduling a macro in word Tag: 60000
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Hi I am using windows XP And Office XP. I have a document created in
Microsoft Word called Monthly News.doc . It is obviously a monthly
newsletter for my company. Each month I send it out as a mail merge to 250
people on my mailing list. I have a macro called Send_news that
automatically prints this merge out.

I want to schedule this event so that it runs automatically on the 30th of
each month whether I am there or not. I want it to open the document monthly
news and start the macro called send_news and then close word when it is
completed.

Can you help me with the visual basic code or can this be done in an easier
method?

Thanks

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Re: scheduling a macro in word by Peter

Peter
Wed Dec 08 18:09:19 CST 2004

As long as your computer is going to be turned on and logged in on the =
30th, you can create a scheduled event that will run Word, specifying =
the macro name and document to open.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q210565/
The command would be something like

"C:\Program files\Microsoft Office\Office11\WinWord.exe /msend_news =
"monthly news.doc""

At the end of send_news(), put an Application.Quit command.

hth,

-Peter

btw, I'm not completely sure you need to be logged in for the scheduled =
event to run, might depend on whether it runs as a system event or =
not...

"Tom Fries" <tman@cannet.com> wrote in message =
news:OjzKHXX3EHA.1152@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Hi I am using windows XP And Office XP. I have a document created in
> Microsoft Word called Monthly News.doc . It is obviously a monthly
> newsletter for my company. Each month I send it out as a mail merge to =
250
> people on my mailing list. I have a macro called Send_news that
> automatically prints this merge out.
>=20
> I want to schedule this event so that it runs automatically on the =
30th of
> each month whether I am there or not. I want it to open the document =
monthly
> news and start the macro called send_news and then close word when it =
is
> completed.
>=20
> Can you help me with the visual basic code or can this be done in an =
easier
> method?
>=20
> Thanks

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