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    - "Save-as" to docm format I placed the 'save as' command on my customize toolbar so I could select the default format easily. I also set my default save option to the macro enabled. When I click the customize dropdown and select the default file type, it comes up as a .docx format. I am trying to automate this somewhat to go through a whole series of files and I don't see a batch conversion wizard. -- Del Jackman Civil Engineer Mankato, MN Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104996
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    - Convert footnotes to ordinary text Hello, I have a large document with several hundred footnotes. I'm looking for a code to replace the footnote reference with the actual footnote text. Any ideas on where to start? -- Fredrik E. Nilsen Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104991
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    - Missing ComboBox Combination Hello I have a User form created is VBA I have a combo box and it does not work below are all the codes for this combobox Private Sub ComboBox2_Change() ' enter value to unload combo box 2 ActiveDocument.FormFields("Text84").Result = ComboBox2.Value Private Sub UserForm_Initialize() ComboBox1.ColumnCount = 1 'Load data into ComboBox ComboBox1.List() = Array("offer", "renew") ComboBox2.List() = Array("New", "Expired", "Scheduled to Expire") ComboBox3.List() = Array("Pricing Specialist", "Senior Pricing Specialist") End Sub Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() With ActiveDocument .Bookmarks("Text71").Range _ .InsertBefore TextBox1 .Bookmarks("Text72").Range _ .InsertBefore TextBox2 .Bookmarks("Text84").Range _ .InsertBefore ComboBox2 .End With UserForm1.Hide When I test the form and I get to the comboBox2 and I select an option I get the error message Run-Time error "5941': The requested member of the collection does not exist. when I click debug the following is highlighted Private Sub ComboBox2_Change() ' enter value to unload combo box 2 ActiveDocument.FormFields("Text84").Result = ComboBox2.Value Please How do I correct this? I have tried to no avail thanks Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104990
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    - Master -Sub documents Hi I am trying to create a set of master/subdocuments. The source files are on my network drive. I create the first document, and then goto Outline and insert a subdocument. However when i view this is appearing as a link rather than displaying the doucment itself. if I do the same on my laptop, i can see the subdocument. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks Alexey Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104985
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    - Pathname for IncludeText for server file -network disk IncludeText for Word 2003 needs a pathname to define where the file is. It works well (with the double \\'s) if the file is on the originating PC. Does not work if on Networked Disk. Looking at DocProperties & Explorer, etc. only gives "\\Server\documents\filename But doesn't \Network or something need to be prefixed too ? Or maybe 3 \\\'s or something ? Or maybe C:\\Users\\owner\\Desktop\\Network\\Server\\documents\\filename... ALL examples show as C: ... etc. So maybe C:\Network\Server... or similar ? Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104980
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    - Auto Filling Headers I am creating a template for memo's and other transmittals and need to come up with a way to make whatever is written in the subject, project, and date fields at the top of the document to auto populate in the header of each subsequent page. I have a feeling this will be accomplished with bookmarks and REF fields, but beyond that I am completely stumped. Thanks for the help. Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104977
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    - Font showing smaller I have this strange problem. Of a set of 5 identical textboxes (there are each other's copies) 2 show a smaller font when the form is active. The font used is Tahoma normal 8pt, but it shows as 6-7pt. Deleting one and copying a correct one does not change this effect. Is looks the same as the 8pt boxes when I change the font to 9pt. I ran the form on mutiple PC's, same result. Can't figure it out. Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104969
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    - text box info depending on what is selected in a dropdown Hi there, this is my first post. I have to change my company's letterhead. At the moment it is on a basic word template so the secretary just has to type her boss' name next to the "please ask for" but my boss wants to change it so that each manager's direct dial number is shown underneath their particular name, so i've started a userform but am at a loss for what to do now!! I was wondering if i could create a dropdown or combo box that shows each manager and then depending on whoever gets selected, their individual direct dial will show up in a text box? I have had a scout round the groups but to be honest, i am really not sure how to go about this. Sorry if this has already been asked - as i said, i have searched the groups but cant really see anything. Any help would be most appreciated Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104964
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    - Determining length of line Word 2000 I want to use something other than the 3 characters provided as tab leader options. As an old C programmer, I outlined the algorithm I would use, but don't know if VBA has the right methods. If a method could return the 'length' of a line of text using a variable width font and then subtract that from the total length available (left margin to the leader tab), you could then divide that length by the width of my leader character to determine how many to insert. I am just thinking out of the box ;-) I imagine VBA can tell me the number of characters in a line, but for a non-fixed-width font, that won't help. I need it in pixels, or points, inches or some other "real" unit. Then it would need to iterate through each line of the selection and do the actual replacement. Possible? Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104963
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    - Creating, Populating, and Using a 2-dimensional array I used to write in VB quite a bit (back in the 90s) but haven't had occasion to write anything in a while. Now I am trying to get my head back in the game. After surmounting the loss of Application.FileSearch with six hours of frustration until I found the Dir() command I thought I would ask a basic question prior to jumping into the frustration again. I have a set of files (143) that I have created using VB and three templates. The files are all named cryptically, for example: A26Checklist.doc A27Studyoutline.doc B01checklist.doc B02checklist.doc B03studyoutline.doc What I would like to do is cycle through the 143 files in the folder, open each one, take the first three characters of the document name, fill a variable with a text string based on the first three characters, do a little searching and replacing with the text string, and then close the document in question. I know how to cycle through the files using Dir(pathname & "*.doc). I know how to use the Mid() command to get my text strings out of the doc.name. I know how to do the searching and replacing once I have the text string in variable. But for some reason my aging brain isn't getting the right code for setting up and populating the array. I tried to get around the question by just creating a giant "Select Case" statement, but unfortunately VB won't let me do that inside of the "For...Next" loop that I wanted to do to go through the Dir()'s. The 3-character names and text strings all are unique: A26 = "EmergencyResponse" A27 = "Board Operation" B01 = "Unit Overview" B02 = "Unit Utilities" B03 = "Tank Gauging" This seems to be a natural two-dimensional array. The question is how do I define it and populate it? Then how do I get VB to give me, for example, "Tank Gauging" for the B03 code? I did a lot of searching in the internet before I thought to come look into Microsoft's online community. So perhaps I am just frustrated and should read all the strings in here. I would appreciate any help. Bill Dannenmaier Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104961
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    - programme fucntioning problems number,x, from cell A3 and a positive integer, n, from cell B3 then returns into cell C3 the value of x raised to the power n divided by n factorial. where x in cell a3 = 2 and n in cell b3 = 5 im using this formula, but when i run it nothing happens, how do i make this vba programme run and return the value? the vba programmes is ok its just no running anything or doing anything to my spreadsheet when i need it to return into cell C3 i think i need to delcare the vaiables, but not sure how to doo it. basically i need help in order for my spreasheet of the numbers x and n to return in cell a3 the value of x raised tot he power n divided by n factorial but nothin is happening in the spreadhseet, can any one tell me or show me how to do this please i really want to do this, but cant this is the vba programme: Public Function MyFunction(X As Double, N As Long) As Variant If (N <= 0&) _ Then MyFunction = "N must be an integer greater than zero" Else MyFunction = (X ^ N) / WorksheetFunction.Fact(N) End If End Function Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104960
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    - Word Count Macro I need to write a macro to count words according to my own needs: Any set of characters (A-Z,a-z,0-9) with white space on either side, including first and last word, excluding XHTML tags and hyphens. I'm new to macros and would appreciate any help in doing this. Thanks in advance. Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104957
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    - Escape key won't stop me macro! In either Word or Excel, the escape key won't work when my macros are running to break into them. Maybe I've disabled it somehow (but it works for all other purposes). I've got a Toshiba Satellite laptop. Can anyone help? Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104956
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    - Create references to template files Hi We currently have a template (add-in) that runs when Word starts. It creates some new menus and shortcuts to other templates. A lot of our templates contain a AutoNew macro which does the same in all the templates. I would like to insert the AutoNew code in one template file and the call the code from all the other files. The only way I can see how to make a reference is in the Visual Basic editor under Tools -> References. But it seems to be a static reference I create, and I want to place the template containing all the macros in each users folder. The big question is....... Is there another way to create the references, i.e. with a function? Best regards Lasse Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104953
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    - Changing Page Orientation Within a Document Hi All, Do anyone know that there is any way to change the page orientation within a document, say, page 1 is Landscape and page 2 is Portrait by C# coding?? Thanks. Leo Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104952
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    - shortcut or macro for "Paste Unformatted Text" I would like to create either a keyboard shortcut or a macro for Paste>Paste Special>Unformatted Text. The problem I have is that when I get to the command, I cannot stop the macro recorder; hence, when I play the macro it doesn't work. I'd like to do the same thing for "add entry to autocorrect." In Word 2003 I had keyboard shortcuts for both of these and they saved me lots of time. Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104949
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    - Checking for the existence of a Macro Here's a curly one for you all! I have a series of standard 'office practice' type templates (Fax, Letter, Memo, etc.) all of which contain code for creating the document in the first place. This code saves the input in document variables to allow the code to be rerun should the user get to the end and realise they forgot something. The rerun code works a treat - or at least it does in the one prototype template that I've done so far. ;) I also have a global 'toolkit' type template that's designed to make doing some key functions easier or just make Word work like it should work: e.g. insert/delete a landscape section without stuffing up everything; apply bullets/numbering using the 'List' styles instead of whatever Word wants to use; copy/reset the standard styles in a document. This works really well, too. But now for the tricky part... I know I could provide access to the rerun macro in each template in a variety of ways: add a custom button a standard toolbar or create a custom toolbar for each template or some such. However, since I'd rather not mess around with any of the standard toolbars (and have my Rerun Template button get lost in the clutter) and since I don't want to create a bunch of 1-button toolbars and since the toolkit already has a custom toolbar, what I'd really rather do is have a button on the Toolkit toolbar for invoking the rerun macro. But I have some concerns and questions. First, as would be expected, if just add a button to the Toolkit toolbar for the rerun macro in a specific template, it only works with a document based on that particular template. And since there are 11 templates, I would have to add 11 buttons and then trust the users (stop LAUGHING!!!) to click the right one or try to trap errors or show/hide buttons based on the attached template for a document... and I don't even want to think about what would happen if there were multiple documents open... GAHHH!!! So I reckon a better approach would be to have a macro (and associated button) in the toolkit template that just calls the rerun macro in the attached template. I can guarantee that the name of the macro in each template would be the same, so that's no problem. However, I'm concerned/unclear about: 1) how to check that the attached template does indeed contain a rerun macro; and 2) the actual syntax for calling the macro in the attached template. Suggestions? Recommendations? Or have I just spent too much time with the sheep and am now delusional to even consider it? -- Cheers! The Kiwi Koder Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104948
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    - Drop down list size in a form Hello, I have a form with a drop down list with 63 entries. I found out that the drop down in a form will only accept 25 entries. This is really a very simple form and I was wondering if anyone has a good workaround to get more than 25 entries into a drop down list. Thank you for any help you can provide. Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104939
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    - How do I lock the size of a drop down menu inserted in word? I'm a business process SME in my industry, but an intermediate level user of the Office tools. I'm building a mock web interface using Word 2003 and the various forms available. Is there a way to lock the size of a drop down menu I've inserted, (once I've sized it to fit the menu text content) without protecting the entire form (which appears to lock down the entire document) ? Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104930
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    - Need Macro to UnBold TOC My TOC is bold and I want it unbold. All my Headings are Character Bold (from another application) so I changed all Heading Styles to be NOT bold so they remain bold. But the TOC stays bold independent of the style definition of bold or not bold. I can manually select the TOC an unbold it but would like a macro to select TOC an unbold it. Thanks Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104927
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    - Working with SUBs Kinda new to writing subroutines within VBA. I didn't realize that all the module-level variables declared in the body of the procedure are not available to you in the SUB. I guess I have to pass any that are needed in the SUB, as arguments? Is there another technique? Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104924
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    - Macro list drop down Hello, I think this is a really silly question but...I have created a form and within the form I have a text field for which I want to add a macro when a user enters the field. So I clicked on the drop down to pick the macro and I noticed that the way macros are listed makes no sense at all. The macros in normal.dot are for the most part just listed by themselves, i.e. without mentioning the module they're in. But then one of them is listed as <module name>.<macro name>. Some of the other listings sometimes include the name of the template, sometimes not. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to how macros are listed. Could someone clarifiy this for me? Thanks very much. Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104920
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    - Stop Printing Hello In a bid for Sustainable working (reducing my companies carbon footprint) i'm trying to limit the amount of printing done on my network. i can block printing using VBA in Excel but i'm scoobied about how to do it in word any ideas ? Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104918
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    - Copy commandbar from template to normal.dot Hey, I want to copy a commandbar from my current template to the normal.dot template. This has to happen when the user opens the template, so it has to be done i VBA code. It also have to make a check to see if the commandbar is already in the normal.dot file. I have seached the internet and haven't really found anything that could solve me problem... hope that there is someone in here that has a solution. Mvh Birger Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104913
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    - Counting Merged Records Hello, I've been writing a word macro that takes 2 excel files and merges them into 2 different documents. What I am trying to do is to count the Records being merged and display them in a message box. However, where ever I put MsgBox .RecordCount, I get a message box saying -1. The code I am currently using is :- Sub MergeStickers() ' ' MergeStickersMacro ' Macro recorded 3/19/2007 by GOakham ' strFileZ = Format$(Date, "yy-mm ") Const sFILE As String = "Fulfillment" Const sPATH As String = "\\Server\Dir\Dir2\Dir3\" Const sVAR As String = "" Const sVAR2 As String = " UK" ChangeFileOpenDirectory "\\Server\Dir\Dir2\Dir3\" Documents.Open FileName:="New Merge Settings2.doc", ConfirmConversions:=False, ReadOnly:=False, AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="", _ PasswordTemplate:="", Revert:=False, WritePasswordDocument:="", _ WritePasswordTemplate:="", Format:=wdOpenFormatAuto ActiveDocument.MailMerge.MainDocumentType = wdFormLetters ActiveDocument.MailMerge.OpenDataSource Name:=sPATH & sVAR & _ Format(Now - 1, "dd-mm-yy ") & sFILE & ".csv" _ , ConfirmConversions:=False, ReadOnly:=False, LinkToSource:=True, _ AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="", PasswordTemplate:="", _ WritePasswordDocument:="", WritePasswordTemplate:="", Revert:=False, _ Format:=wdOpenFormatAuto, Connection:="", SQLStatement:="", SQLStatement1 _ :="", SubType:=wdMergeSubTypeOther With ActiveDocument.MailMerge .Destination = wdSendToNewDocument .SuppressBlankLines = True With .DataSource .FirstRecord = wdDefaultFirstRecord .LastRecord = wdDefaultLastRecord LNewDOC = ActiveDocument.Name End With .Execute Pause:=False End With ' Windows("New Merge Settings 2.doc").Activate ' ActiveWindow.ActivePane.VerticalPercentScrolled = 0 ' Windows(1).Activate 'MsgBox ActiveDocument.Sections.Count & " Pages." 'MsgBox ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource.RecordCount '' ChangeFileOpenDirectory "\\Server\Dir\Dir2\Dir3\" Documents.Open FileName:="New Merge Settings2.doc", ConfirmConversions:=False, ReadOnly:=False, AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="", _ PasswordTemplate:="", Revert:=False, WritePasswordDocument:="", _ WritePasswordTemplate:="", Format:=wdOpenFormatAuto ActiveDocument.MailMerge.MainDocumentType = wdFormLetters ActiveDocument.MailMerge.OpenDataSource Name:=sPATH & sVAR & _ Format(Now - 1, "dd-mm-yy ") & sFILE & sVAR2 & ".csv" _ , ConfirmConversions:=False, ReadOnly:=False, LinkToSource:=True, _ AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="", PasswordTemplate:="", _ WritePasswordDocument:="", WritePasswordTemplate:="", Revert:=False, _ Format:=wdOpenFormatAuto, Connection:="", SQLStatement:="", SQLStatement1 _ :="", SubType:=wdMergeSubTypeOther With ActiveDocument.MailMerge .Destination = wdSendToNewDocument .SuppressBlankLines = True With .DataSource .FirstRecord = wdDefaultFirstRecord .LastRecord = wdDefaultLastRecord End With .Execute Pause:=False End With MsgBox "Auto Merge complete.Now put the stickers in the Printer,and press the OK Button", vbInformation, "Phew...Finished" End Sub Any help would be great Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104909
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    - possible to copy/fill Bookmarks with VBA dynamically ? Hello! My Problem is, that i have to fill a Word Document(Template) with DataBase Data... I Found out how to set Bookmarks in the Document and correctly fill them with the Data from the DB. Now the question : Is there a way to define Bookmarks in the Template, lets say in one row in a table and fill this table according to the length of my DataBase data ? (Copy the row WITH the Bookmars and add it to the table as many times as i need it) Cheers Martin Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104907
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    - manipulating word document one character at a time I'm moving some text around manually in a word doc using some c# (I couldn't find a word.csharp newsgroup, please respond in vba if it makes you feel more comfortable though). Moving characters around a word document one character at a time is extremely slow. Even if the document isn't visible. Can someone offer a suggestion to speeding the below code up? I'm thinking about some sort of way to tell Word to not process events (or something like that) while I'm moving everything one character at a time. Range cellRange = aDoc.Tables.Item(1).Cell(1, 1).Range; object collapseDirection = WdCollapseDirection.wdCollapseStart; for (int i = mergeFields.Characters.Count; i > 0; i--) { string character = mergeFields.Characters.Item(i).Text; if (mergeFields.Characters.ShapeRange.Shapes.Count == 0) { // add this character directly to our range object fieldText = character; // add our field object type = WdFieldType.wdFieldEmpty; cellRange.Collapse(ref collapseDirection); cellRange.Text += character; // remove this character from its original position object unit = WdUnits.wdCharacter; object count = 1; mergeFields.Characters.Item(i).Delete(ref unit, ref count); } } Any help is appreciated Thanks Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104898
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    - What's the statement to invoke a macro within the active Word docu The statement for MATLAB invokes a macro that has been defined within the active Excel spreadsheet file is:handle.ExecuteExcel4Macro('!macroname()'),but I can't find the correct statement for MATLAB invokes a macro that has been defined within the active Word document, maybe it is one of word's externatal interface functions as ActiveX Automation Server. please help me. Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104895
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    - how to make a check box work I have a fax cover sheet that has marco check box but I cant check or uncheck the boxes. Please help Thanks JWG Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104894
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    - smart-tags and hyperlinks I need to be able to process a document and have certain text strings recognized and turned into a hyperlink to launch an external .exe program with that text as a parameter. This doesn't look quite possible with the word hyperlink capability (it adds a "#" between the .exe name and the parameter that isn't processed correctly). Can I do this with smart-tags? Can I write the programs needed for smart-tags in VBA or do I need to learn vb.net to do this? Thanks. Chip Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104885
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    - macro to highlight text in carrots Is there a macro that I could use to highlight text in carrots? I would like the dark gray highlighting color. For example, here is a section of the document. <question> <quest>Having a good attitude about school and work and feeling good about what you achieve.</quest> <answer>career wellness</answer> </question> I need everything inside the carrots to be highlighted dark gray. Thanks. Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104883
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    - Debug Macro in Word 2007 I have recorded a macro which inserts header & footer & address Autotext entries but when I try to run it bombs on the first line & comes up with error 'Run time error 5941 Requested member of the collection does not exist' My autotext entries are CIMSHeader, CIMSFooter & CIMSAddress - I have no idea what Plain Number 1 is referring to..... I don't know anything about VB so no idea what the problem is and any help much appreciated - code as follows Sub CIMSInvoice() ' ' CIMSInvoice Macro ' ' ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.BuildingBlockEntries("Plain Number 1"). _ Insert Where:=Selection.Range, RichText:=True NormalTemplate.BuildingBlockEntries("CIMSHeader").Insert Where:=Selection. _ Range, RichText:=True If ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial <> wdPaneNone Then ActiveWindow.Panes(2).Close End If If ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdNormalView Or ActiveWindow. _ ActivePane.View.Type = wdOutlineView Then ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdPrintView End If ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageHeader NormalTemplate.BuildingBlockEntries("CIMSHeader").Insert Where:=Selection. _ Range, RichText:=True ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekMainDocument ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.BuildingBlockEntries("Plain Number 1"). _ Insert Where:=Selection.Range, RichText:=True NormalTemplate.BuildingBlockEntries("CIMSFooter").Insert Where:=Selection. _ Range, RichText:=True WordBasic.ViewFooterOnly NormalTemplate.BuildingBlockEntries("CIMSFooter").Insert Where:=Selection. _ Range, RichText:=True ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekMainDocument ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.BuildingBlockEntries("Plain Number 1"). _ Insert Where:=Selection.Range, RichText:=True NormalTemplate.BuildingBlockEntries("CIMSAddress").Insert Where:=Selection _ .Range, RichText:=True NormalTemplate.BuildingBlockEntries("CIMSAddress").Insert Where:=Selection _ .Range, RichText:=True ActiveWindow.ActivePane.VerticalPercentScrolled = 0 If ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial <> wdPaneNone Then ActiveWindow.Panes(2).Close End If If ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdNormalView Or ActiveWindow. _ ActivePane.View.Type = wdOutlineView Then ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdPrintView End If ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageHeader Selection.MoveDown Unit:=wdLine, Count:=3 Selection.TypeBackspace WordBasic.GoToFooter Selection.MoveDown Unit:=wdLine, Count:=4 Selection.TypeBackspace ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekMainDocument End Sub Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104881
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    - Understanding IncludePicture I have a report that pulls a button image from a specified directory, my command: {includepicture "C\{mergefield inventory#}.jpg \*mergeformat} - this almost works. The two problems that I have are 1) I would like to specify the size of the box that the image is pulled into. These images are all buttons, but when the image is pulled into the document, I have a large box with a small image and now the table is no longer the size that I have created it to be. Is there a way that I can draw a box and import the button image into it?? 2) My other problem is when the report merges, I have to refresh the document to bring in the images? Is this what I expect with a merged report that uses the "includepicture"?? Thanks, Diane Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104880
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    - Word x Access PT-BR Pessoal preciso de uma ajuda. Ã? o seguinte, tenho um banco de dados e gostaria de fazer uma mesclagem com um texto, seria o seguinte: Quando eu abro o word eu digito um nome que estÃ¡ cadastradro no banco de dados e o word substitui todos os campos x no texto para com os dados referentes daquele nome no banco de dados. Tem como fazer isso no word? Valeu a ajuda. Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104879
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    - Using ActiveDocument.GoTo in a loop I've got a document with 3 table of contents levels and I want to reduce this to 1 level. I know that the table of contents is defined byTC fields in 3 consecutive paragraphs. So I want to replace the TC field in the first paragraph by the new text, delete the TC fields in the next 2 paragraphs, then move on to the next TC field. It's the last part I can't figure out. I can get the contents of the first TC field using: Dim aRange As Range Set aRange = ActiveDocument.GoTo(what:=wdGoToField, Which:=wdGoToFirst, Name:="TC") I can then make the modifications, but how would I move on to the next TC field? I can use: Set aRange = ActiveDocument.GoTo(what:=wdGoToField, Which:=wdGoToNext, Name:="TC") But how can I test if the GoTo was successful? Is there a property of aRange I can use to loop through all the TC fields of the document until all have been modified or deleted? Because I'm going to delete fields, I can't use the "for each fld in activedocument.fields" approach. Any other suggestions? Advance thanks for any help, John Hendrickx Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104878
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    - How to link to a field in a tabel from a header? Programming or? Hi We have some QA documents where there is a change log in the end of the document which consist of multiple columns and rows. e.g. Initials, version and a change description column (3 in total) I need to show the most resent version and the initials in the header (automatically) since users often forget to type the initials and version in the header - meaning inconsistent data and serious troubles with the QA department ;) So I imagine that I can grab the data directlly from the change log table somehow and put it in the header - but how do I do that? regards -- Henry Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104874
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    - PasteOptions to preserve formatting of Word 2000 document Hi, I'm using Word Automation to generate word document which can be opened in Word 2000 or higer versions. I'm using Visual Studio .NET 2005 and the word 2000 related OLB, dlls to achieve this. I'm trying to generate a master word document which is formed from 1 or more small word documents. The problem i'm facing is Word 2000 doesnt provide the "Paste Options" to preserve formatting from the source document when we copy & paste into the master document. This can only be achieved using Word 2003. Paste Special feature in Word 2000 also not helping me to preserve all formats/styles from the source document. Source document will be always .RTF file. Please let me know whether there is any work around for this problem in Word 2000. i tried all the following approaches : 1) _Application.Selection.Range.Paste(); to paste the content into the master document, 2) Application.Selection.InsertFile to insert small word document into the master document, 3) _Application.Selection.PasteSpecial and the parameter for DataType i used is WdPasteDataType.wdPasteRTF. None of them provided the intended results. If anyone can help me in this regard, i'll be very much thankful. Thanks in advance, Best Regards, Ram. Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104873
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    - Word 2007 Programming? I've been reading about some of the programming and new document types with Office 2007. Currently we use an addin that enables all of our templates to merge data via DDE from the primary CRM application. I may need to replace Office 2000 with Office 2007 and port this VBA addin to the new Office 2007. I'd like to know if the .Net version is capable of instantiating DDE when a template is launched? Can I simply port the current addin dot to Office 2007 dot by copy paste into a new Office 2007 template? I think that the .Net version works with the new document types and may contain the code in an assembly centrally located; I'm hoping that the older .dot files are compatible with Office 2000 as far as the VBA is concerned are still capable of being installed in the startup folder, any info would be helpful. TIA Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104858
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    - Using Microsoft Word 2007 with Windows pocket pc 2003 I cannot believe what I am about to relate. I have an iPaq H5555 using Windows Mobile 2003 and I also have onto my desktop Word 2007 and I CANNOT USE THE TWO PROGRAMS! How incredibly stupid is that? I have no problem whatsoever using Adobe Acrobat but windows devices cannot see or open the other program. Wow. How do I open Word 2007 documents onto my Windows Mobile device? Do I have to buy a NEW Windows Mobile device? Or is a 'patch' available? Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104856
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    - locked for editing Program runs fine from a removable usb drive. when run from my hard drive it says locked for editing. Would like to know why it is locked on my drive but not locked on removable drive. Thanks Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104854
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    - Can I modify, or create new, buttons in the quick access toolbar I would like to create a modified version of the "print" button to the Quick Access Toolbar in MS Word 2007 - where the modified button will trigger an macro that I set up to print to a different tray in my printer. What is the default location of these graphic files for the buttons, and can I use Photoshop, for example, to create a modified version? Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104851
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    - Normal frustration Where is the Normal template? I have looked for it many times. Nor could I find it on a friend's PC today. We both use XP and Word 2002. In anticipation - thank you. Francis Hookham Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104847
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    - how to store word document content in a variable hi, can you pls send me the code for my below request: how to store word document content in in a variable Regards Raju A Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104839
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    - Form Button Hello all, im having a little problem running a macro for e-mail automation on a word document. When creating sheets in excel i used the option button on the forms panel. In my version of word (2003), i can't find the form button, only the controls 'command button'. I have assigned the 'Sub' code for my macro to the command button but don't know how to get it to work. Previously in excel i created the form button, right clicked and 'Assigned macro'. Can anyone please tell me if the option on the forms toolbar does exist? If not then how do i make it work on a Controls command button? Can provide more detail if required. Thanks in advance Andrewbt Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104835
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    - Extract word document content and save in MS Access. hi, i need a VBA code to Extract word document content and save in MS Access. Regards Raju A Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104834
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    - How to deduce date in words in Word? How to deduce date in words in Word? For example: July 10, 2007 should be as "Tenth of July two thousand seventh year" Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104824
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    - Turning Off Same as Previous Just a heads up, VBA knowledge: low novice Aside from manually going into each Header or Footer and deselecting Same as Previous (the bane of Word's existence) does anyone out there have a macro to do it in one sweep (taking out every designation in all Headers and Footers). Had one in my previous job, but did not think to take it with me. Thanks in advance. Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104823
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    - running into a spreasheet vba programmes number,x, from cell A3 and a positive integer, n, from cell B3 then returns into cell C3 the value of x raised to the power n divided by n factorial. where x in cell a3 = 2 and n in cell b3 = 5 im using this formula, but when i run it nothing happens, how do i make this vba programme run and return the value? the vba programmes ok its just no running anything or doing anything to my spreadsheet this is the vba programme: Public Function MyFunction(X As Double, N As Long) As Variant If (N <= 0&) _ Then MyFunction = "N must be an integer greater than zero" Else MyFunction = (X ^ N) / Worksheet("sheet 1").Fact(N) End If End Function anyhelp would be great thanks Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104821
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    - how to move text around in a word doc without copy and paste? I have an application I'm writing that needs to move text from one place in a word doc to another. A simple enough process but it's proving to be difficult to get just right. Right now I have it *working* using cut and paste. The only problem with this is that, as their names imply, these methods actually use the Windows clipboard. This won't work for me as I don't want people to have to be aware of the fact that while this utility is running they cannot use the clipboard for anything or the application will mess up their documents. In my application I find and select a range of text. Then on the range I say Cut(). I know that on the same range object I have a property named "Text". The problem I have with using this is that the specific text I am moving has merge fields in it. They look something like this "{merge field}". When I try to read the text property of a range that has a merge field in it, instead of getting the above text, I get boxes where the "{" and "}" characters are. So, using the Text property to move the text around actually changes the text to something unusable. Does anyone know a fix for this? Thanks much Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104815
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    - NEWBIE:splitting multi-page word doc into single word doc - thank Hi, Environment: Windows XP/ home edition; sp2 Office 2000 [no help installed and no cd to install help :-( ] experience: newbie to vba, c coding experience This request is free of charge for a friend who would do anything for anyone. His hard drive of clients was hosed and is able to retrive it from another source. Unfortunately, the files retrieved are not named properly and incompatible with his business operations. Problem description/vba coding segment requested: Over 60 documents named xxxxxnnnn.doc that contain client info, delimited with over 65 page breaks. Within each page break contains the client info, which needs to be extracted into their own word document, and take on the name: client_name_date_of_service.doc to easily distinguish it. Relevant client information (including ultimate file name) is contained within each page break in the larger document. Last record in original file may not contain the page break, but I'd still like to be able to capture this one as well. Filename containing relevant client information should be of the form client_name_date_of_service.doc (this information is contained within each page break) Objective: - Cycle through all the word documents (approx 60 files) in a given folder -for each large document file (over 60 files) -- start the splitting process - open each file - for each page break found (between 65 - 80 page breaks) - for each paragraph in each page break - capture the first line of each page [this is the client name] - for each paragraph [search for the string "date"] - generate the client name (eg.joe_smith_1_24_07.doc) and save in a string variable - capture the entire page ---> including final page break for each page ---- select the contents of this page break and copy the entire page, including trailing page break [if absolutely necessary,] into client_name_date_of_service.doc. (eg. joe_smith_1_24_07.doc) - next [for each page break until no more page breaks in this file -- note: the final client info. may not contain the trailing page break, but I'd still like to be able to capture it and store it in its proper clientname_date_of_appt.doc - next [for each file containing all the client data within the page breaks] - close/properly dispose of any allocated resources - error handler to close/dispose to determine the cause of the failure and properly shutdown the application. ?? any additional steps that I've neglected to mention. I enjoy helping people and learning new things. Many thanks to all who take the time to share their time and talents by responding witih the code capable of accomplishing this task. With much gratitude and appreciation, Patti Tag: Is this possible or am I crazy? Tag: 104812

Hi Everyone,
I work at a telephone call site. Currently we use a freeware program that
uses the Net Send command in conjunction with a database that allows us to
send instant pop up messages to individuals and preassigned groups of people.
The problem I am running into is that every time IT pushes out an update I
have to run around to apx 100 machines and reinstall the program. What I am
wondering is do any one think it would be possible to convert this to a web
page? I am a newbie to Front Page and know enough about Access to make me
dangerous. :) I do have a couple of Front Page books to help me if any one
thinks this project is even possible. What I visualize is a drop down box to
select recipients an input area for the message and a button when clicked
would send the message.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Have a GREAT day and weekend everyone!!!
Deb

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Re: Is this possible or am I crazy? by Jonathan

Jonathan
Fri Sep 07 14:11:30 CDT 2007

Whether this is possible or not I don't know. But as you have posted this to
a group that deals with VBA programming in Microsoft Word, it is not all
that likely that anybody else who commonly reads this group knows either.

I suggest that you talk to your IT people and persaude them to get your
freeware program included in their next update. Then your problem disappears
altogether

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Regards
Jonathan West - Word MVP
www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk
Please reply to the newsgroup

"Deb" <debincalif@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:7CA0E058-683A-41BB-8FA1-71F1712EFA3F@microsoft.com...
> Hi Everyone,
> I work at a telephone call site. Currently we use a freeware program that
> uses the Net Send command in conjunction with a database that allows us to
> send instant pop up messages to individuals and preassigned groups of
> people.
> The problem I am running into is that every time IT pushes out an update I
> have to run around to apx 100 machines and reinstall the program. What I
> am
> wondering is do any one think it would be possible to convert this to a
> web
> page? I am a newbie to Front Page and know enough about Access to make me
> dangerous. :) I do have a couple of Front Page books to help me if any one
> thinks this project is even possible. What I visualize is a drop down box
> to
> select recipients an input area for the message and a button when clicked
> would send the message.
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
> Have a GREAT day and weekend everyone!!!
> Deb
>

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