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 - Working with FormFields in VBA I am having one .rtf file protected with some form fields enabled for user entry. I wanted to have Spell Check enabled for this protected document. I found your code online and seems that is working perfectly fine for spell check. Now the issue is that while running spell check, this code somehow also removes the name associated with the form fields, this is problematic as I want to parse the document on the basis of the name. I tried creating array of the form field name and assigning those name back after spell check but seems like that FormFields is a read only property. So can you please help me out in this problem? Thanking you in advance. Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106493
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 - auto update invoice date and number. What can I do to get my invoice template to automatically update the date and invoice number when I open it? Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106490
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 - printing multiple copies VBA Hi This line of code works perfectly in Word 2002 but ignores whatever is in the text box now in Word 2003? ActiveDocument.Printout Copies: = txtnum.value I have tried ActiveDocument.Printout Copies: = val(txtnum.value) and this does not work either? Any suggestions anyone please? Thanks GwenP Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106484
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 - Center-Align a table I need to center align some tables. I am using a macro in which I go to the table using a bookmark and then do: Selection.Tables(1).Rows.Alignment = wdAlignRowCenter this seems to center-align a right-aligned table but is not working for a left-aligned table. I am thoroughly stumped...! Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106480
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 - Style changes Where, oh! where is the default setting which, if set (or is it unset?), means I can confirm a style change and click the style box and a dialog box comes up asking if I want to keep changes or revert back? I set it ages ago and cannot find where so I can tell a friend. I am using 2002 but is it the same for all? Francis Hookham Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106475
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 - please clarify menu customization context Hello I've read to not change normal.dot when adding a custom menu. So I've put my custom menu and macros on a global template and saved the template in the startup folder (wdStartupPath). When i do this (and checked its loaded as an add-in) I can only see my menu when there is a document open that is attached to the global template (which I've read I should never have, and don't want). When the active document is attached to normal.dot I cannot see my menu. But with alt-F8 I can see my macros on the template. I thought I had read customization and macros on global templates were available (and visible) to all open documents, whatever their template. Can someone pleases clarify if this is supposed to work? FYI... I've built my menu at runtime with customization context as the global template and set to visible and enabled. I've also made one manually at design time with the same result. Word 2002 and 2007 Thanks! Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106471
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 - Want to protect, but not lock for viewing Hi there, for ask field purposes, I've needed to create a lock function that locks the sheet but does not refresh the fields. So using this: ActiveDocument.Protect _ Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset:=True, Password:="pfhlock" The only problem is, this is inserting a "lock for viewing" password too. This is to be sent out for people to update certain fields but I don't want to have to provide them with a password because this will unlock the entire sheet. How can I get around this? Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106470
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 - Saving a setting for a document and template no matter who opens i ---Saving a setting for a document and template no matter who opens it (and no matter what their normal.dot template specifies)--- Saving a setting for a document and template no matter who opens it (and no matter what their normal.dot template specifies) Hello all, I need to know if setting the Tools>Options > check spelling as you type while working in a particular document... will save for just that document, or for all documents ever opened from that computer. i.e is the setting a.. document setting, or a user profile setting, or a template setting? How do I make Word always 'check spelling as you type' for EVERY document opened and created, without having to set the option for every document?I'm guessing I set my own normal.dot template this way. This is fine for me...but on a network level like SharePoint when many people may look at one document, just say my normal.dot says to 'check spelling...', but their normal.dot doesn't have it checked, is there any way I can make it so at least that particular document has the option set? i.e can i save the setting to the document itself, not just to normal.dot? Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106468
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 - Enable/Disable Toolbar button Word does it, so how can I do it? I want to enable/disable a toolbar button depending on cursor location/selection. For example, if I put the 'Restart Numbering' and 'Continue Numbering' buttons on the 'Formatting' toolbar, Word "knows" to enable these buttons _only_ if the current selection is numbered. Any ideas on how to replicate this functionality for the buttons on my own custom toolbar so the macro assigned to the button can be run only in the correct context? (In fact, the 'Restart/Continue Numbering' functionality is the functionality that I want to replicate, but I can't just add the native Word buttons to my custom toolbar because this functionality doesn't work with protected documents. So if somebody has a clever idea for getting around this...) -- Cheers! The Kiwi Koder Go the (~cough-splutter-gag~) 'Boks... Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106459
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 - Saving changes made in a form If a user opens a form to edit a document, is there a way to save the original information of the changes made in the document as Variables? If it can be done is there a way to call it back up later for review? LEU Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106458
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 - Compile Error: Method or data member not found I keep getting a message that says the following: Compile Error: Method or data member not found The code looks like this: Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() ListBox1.BoundColumn = 1 ActiveDocument.Variables("FirstName").Range.InsertBefore ListBox1.ValueNext i ListBox1.BoundColumn = 2 ActiveDocument.Variables("LastName").Range.InsertBefore ListBox1.ValueNext i ' etc. ActiveDocument.Fields.Update UserForm1.Hide End Sub And the error occurs on this line: ActiveDocument.Variables("FirstName").Range.InsertBefore I got this idea form this site: http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-875661.php I get my ListBox1 to load with this sub: Sub Userform_Initialize() Dim i As Integer, Addressee As String Dim db As DAO.Database Dim rs As DAO.Recordset Dim NoOfRecords As Long ' Open the database Set db = OpenDatabase("C:\Documents and Settings\RMS\Desktop\Contacts.xls", False, False, "Excel 8.0") ' Retrieve the recordset Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("SELECT * FROM `List`") ' Determine the number of retrieved records With rs .MoveLast NoOfRecords = .RecordCount .MoveFirst End With ' Set the number of Columns = number of Fields in recordset ListBox1.ColumnCount = rs.Fields.Count ' Load the ListBox with the retrieved records ListBox1.Column = rs.GetRows(NoOfRecords) 'ListBox1.List = rs.GetRows(NoOfRecords) 'Transposed List ' Cleanup rs.Close db.Close 'AddressBlock = db Set rs = Nothing Set db = Nothing End Sub Does anyone have any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong? This would be so awesome if I could get it to work!!! Thanks, Ryan-- -- RyGuy Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106451
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 - Can you load Word 2000 or Word 2003 on the new windows Vista? Help.........are older versions of Word compatible with Vista....I did not get software with my new computer & i want to continue to use older versions of word. -- cindy Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106450
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 - How can I set some style to the words without loss of original underline or bold or other? There is some text, which has a first words with underline or Bold or Italicize. Different. How and can I employ to these words some style BUT these words not must to lost my underline, bold or italicize.Example (thanks Helmut Weber): Sub Test455091() Dim oRng As Range For Each oRng In ActiveDocument.Sentences With oRng.Words(1) .style = ("MyStyle") End With Next End Sub But this code change my original style for first words. How can I set some style to the words without loss of original underline or bold or other? Is such possible or not? Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106442
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 - How to extract content from other word documents Hi All, I have a large number of word documents with me and each document contains section called introduction or overview (header 1) (it is either one of the two). I would like to consolidate all of this into a new word document. How do I do the same In short take (overview/intro) sections from different document and dump it into a single word file. Here are my computer details OS: Windows XP Office 2003 Professional Regards, Arry Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106439
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 - when i click on a pictures my format tab opens but the picture st. When I click on a picture within a document my format tab opens but the pictures styles button is not on there so how do I get it on there so I can change the effect of the picture in my word processing class please help me figure out how to get it so I can do my work. Thanks Sam Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106437
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 - Find the index of selected bookmark (Wd 2002 +) I have a bookmark spanning a selection. I place the insertion point within the bookmark. I need to use VBA to determine the name of the bookmark containing the insertion point. Sounds simple, but I can't get the index, which I need to get the name. As a last resort I could note the range of insertion point, and search all bookmarks for one spanning that range, but that's a bit "heavy". Any help much appreciated TIA Ian B Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106434
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 - Load Data from ListBox into Word Doc. BoundColumn? From Wordâ??s help menu, I can tell that the BoundColumn identifies the column of associated data values stored for the control. There doesnâ??t seem to be a whole lot of documentation on this subject, but I am pretty sure it does what I want it to do. Thanks to some slick code provided by Doug Robbins, I can get data from an Excel workbook to populate my ListBox, but I canâ??t seem to get the code form the ListBox into my Word document. The code that I am currently working with is shown below: Sub CommandButton1_Click() Set NewDoc = ActiveDocument With NewDoc cmbFirstName.BoundColumn = 1 .Variables("varFirstName") = cmbFirstName.Value End With UserForm1.Hide End Sub Private Sub Click() Selection.Fields.Add Range:=Selection.Range, Type:=wdFieldEmpty, Text:= _ "DOCVARIABLE FirstName ", PreserveFormatting:=True Selection.Fields.Add Range:=Selection.Range, Type:=wdFieldEmpty, Text:= _ "DOCVARIABLE LastName ", PreserveFormatting:=True End Sub In my word document, I have several fields such as this: Error! No document variable supplied. Error! No document variable supplied. I keep getting this message when I hit Ctrl+F9: Error! No Document variable Supplied. What am I doing wrong? Cordially, Ryan--- -- RyGuy Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106431
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 - Show my own hlp file I want to show some help context either by clicking a userform commandbutton or a commandbar chained to a macro. Can someone show me a code snippet how to do that. I suppose I have to compile af hlp file, or is there another way? Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106429
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 - How to select in whole document all first words in sentences? There is a document. In this document I need to select all first words in every sentences. And then I need apply some style to these words. How I can do it? Thank you. Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106426
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 - Need code for prompt and find/replace macro - help! Hello - total newbie to this, want to start doing more... I'm trying to set up a macro attached to a document that, after using a hotkey combination, prompts them for replacement text (for example, ABC Company replaced with XYZ Corporation). Basically, an automated way to engage the find/replace feature with a prompt for replacement text. I only understand the very basics of the code I've tried to create using the Record feature, so I need some very basic instructions for my confused brain. Can you tell me what I need? Many thanks!! -Mike Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106402
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 - Ask the working path to the user Hi, I would like to pop up a form when the document open and asking user the working folder by browsing until the folder. Store the folder path into a public variable. Thanks Stephane Vial Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106397
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 - The "new page" or "soft page break" event Hello, everyone. When content fills a page and passes the bottom page margin, a new page is automatcially added (i.e., a "soft" page break). What is the event causing this behavior? I would like to modify it to do more than add a page. I'm using Word 2000 (on W2K) and Word 2003 (on XP). Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106395
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 - Control A Series of Templates From a Master Document I have a Master Document which provides the user with a form to input data which is then held in an ini file). This data is then - currently - accessed by other templates when I call those other templates on an individual basis. For example, I have a number of letter templates that are sent off regularly to my clients . The templates pick up the name and address and other specific data for that particular letter from the ini file. There ar also templates for in-house records, for faxes etc What I would like to do is to be able to access these other templates from this master document by clicking on a button on the master document, which would then present me with the desired template. I am sure ths is a trivial problem, but it's one that has confounded me for a while. Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106393
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 - Delete Everything EXCEPT Items in a Table Does anyone have a macro that will delete everything in a word document EXCEPT items in a table? Thanks, Ryan--- -- RyGuy Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106386
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 - how is "/mMacroName" supposed to work? The documentation says to use "/mMacroName" to run a macro when starting Word (from cmd line). But this doesn't work for me. Word starts and then just sits there doing nothing. I have "MacroName" in a .dot file in the Word startup dir (not a Normal.dot file). It's not in a user's startup dir. Is this setup supposed to work? -Christopher Allen Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106385
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 - Help with Range.TextRetrievalMode? Just come across this oddity... (Word 2002, under Vista HP) I don't seem to be able to change the values for TextRetrievalMode (includehiddentext or includefields) when the range it is applied to is a comment's range (mycomment.range)... Trying different view types on the TextRetrievalMode object doesn't help either. And for different comments the TextRetrievalMode settings seem different (and inconsistent - so I can't compare comments for their "normal" text) any ideas? Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106381
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 - Protect/unprotect header/footer Can you protect/unprotect a header/footer? Are these sections to which one could apply .protect and .unprotect? Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106379
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 - Find Keyword, Copy Table, and Place in New Document (almost workin I am working with the code below to find all files in a directory, with a certain name, open each, find a keyword, and copy/paste (at append) a table that contains this keyword, to a summary document. This almost works, but not quite. I am looking for the text â??Additional Informationâ?? in one or many tables, in each document in a certain folder on out firmâ??s network drive. I can import all docs in the folder, but not just the tables that contain the text â??Additional Informationâ??. What am I doing wrong? I believe the problem occurs between the two lines marked '************ My code is below: Sub Append() Dim i As Long Application.ScreenUpdating = False Documents.Add With Application.FileSearch .LookIn = "F:\" .SearchSubFolders = False .FileName = "*Summary*.doc" .Execute For i = 1 To .FoundFiles.Count If InStr(.FoundFiles(i), "~") = 0 Then '************************************* Selection.Find.ClearFormatting With Selection.Find .Text = "Additional Information" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Selection.Find.Execute '************************************* Selection.InsertFile FileName:=(.FoundFiles(i)), _ ConfirmConversions:=False, Link:=False, Attachment:=False Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdPageBreak End If Next i End With End Sub Regards, Ryan--- -- RyGuy Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106377
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 - Deleting styles with leading spaces in their names I need to programmatically delete styles whose names begin with a space character. I know that it's not possible for a user to create such a thing intentionally -- the style modification/creation dialogue suppresses such leading spaces. But the paragraph/character hybrid style logic that Word 2003 and later uses can lead users to accidentally create styles with names of " Char Char", " Char Char Char", and so on. If you record a macro, delete a " Char Char" style by hand, and then look at what you have recorded, you'll see: ActiveDocument.Styles(" Char Char").Delete But simply running this as a VBA command does not actually work: "The requested member of the collection does not exist". It also does not work to declare a style variable and use For Each logic to try to catch it: Dim myStyle As Style For Each myStyle In ActiveDocument.Styles If (myStyle.NameLocal = " Char Char") Then Debug.Print "", "_Deleting " & myStyle.NameLocal myStyle.Delete End If Next (Interestingly, myStyle.NameLocal does resolve correctly in the debug.print statement.) I've tried escaping the space in the style name, and using a character reference instead of a literal space, but I can't find the magic bullet. Any ideas out there? TIA.... Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106374
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 - Find/Replace 2 col table insert tables, logos ^p (keep richttext when replacement text) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_005B_01C80D17.666D30E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Beginner vba user - completely stuck and could do with some assistance = please regarding using replacement text which holds its format. I have simple code that selects find [variable] 1st column table and = selects replacement text from 2nd column. The replacement text is = formatted sometimes within the cell and has tables (nested in the cell) = and inline graphic or addresses with returns or paragraphs with returns = (^p). The active document is on screen and the find/replace inserts the = replacement text but does not insert nested tables (these become just = text with faint square blocks), nor paragraph marks these also turn into = faint square blocks and the table of course does not insert. How do I enable my code to allow the text or nested table or inline = graphic or address with pilcrow returns insert as the replacement text = and hold format? Any ideas how I can achieve this please that would allow my replacement = text to be richtext desperate newbie... Sub ReplaceListv3() Dim vFindText As Variant Dim vReplText As Variant Dim sFindText As Range Dim sReplText As Range Dim i As Long Dim SourceFile As String Dim Source As Document Dim Target As Document Set Target =3D ActiveDocument 'The document in which the replacements = are to be made Dim Msg, Style, Title, Response Msg =3D "Do you want to use the default replacements file ?" ' Define = message. Style =3D vbYesNo + vbCritical + vbDefaultButton2 ' Define buttons. Title =3D "Select Source File" ' Define title. ' Display message. Response =3D MsgBox(Msg, Style, Title) If Response =3D vbYes Then ' User chose Yes. Set Source =3D Documents.Open("c:\documents\basic.doc") 'Open the = document containing the table of 'replacements to be made. It assumes that there is a header row in the = table. 'Modify the path and filename to suit. Else ' User chose No. Display the FileOpen dialog With Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen) If .Display <> -1 Then SourceFile =3D "" MsgBox "You did not select a file." Exit Sub Else SourceFile =3D WordBasic.FileNameInfo$(.Name, 1) End If Set Source =3D Documents.Open(SourceFile) 'Open the selected = document End With End If With Source.Tables(1) For i =3D 2 To .Rows.Count Set sFindText =3D .Cell(i, 1).Range sFindText.End =3D sFindText.End =96 1 Set sReplText =3D .Cell(i, 3).Range sReplText.End =3D sReplText.End - 1 Target.Activate =91Target.content.select =91reinforce grab right = document With Selection.Find .Forward =3D True .Wrap =3D wdFindContinue .MatchWholeWord =3D True .MatchWildcards =3D False .MatchSoundsLike =3D False .MatchAllWordForms =3D False .Format =3D True .MatchCase =3D False .Text =3D sFindText =91Text=3D=94^p=94 .Replacement.Text =3D sReplText .Execute Replace:=3DwdReplaceAll End With Next i End With Source.Close wdDoNotSaveChanges Target.Activate ;Target.content.select =91reinforce grab right document End Sub ------=_NextPart_000_005B_01C80D17.666D30E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dwindows-1252"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV>Beginner vba user = - completely stuck and=20 could do with some assistance please regarding using = replacement text which=20 holds its format.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have simple code that selects find = [variable] 1st=20 column table and selects replacement text from 2nd column. The = replacement=20 text is formatted sometimes within the cell and has tables (nested in = the=20 cell) and inline graphic or addresses with returns or paragraphs = with=20 returns (^p).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The active document is on screen and = the=20 find/replace inserts the replacement text but does not insert nested = tables=20 (these become just text with faint square blocks), nor paragraph marks = these=20 also turn into faint square blocks and the table of course does not=20 insert.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How do I enable my code to allow the = text or nested=20 table or inline graphic or address with pilcrow returns insert as the=20 replacement text and hold format?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any ideas how I can achieve this please = that=20 would  allow my replacement text to be richtext</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>desperate newbie...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Sub=20 ReplaceListv3()<?xml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = /><o:p></o:p> Dim vFindText=20 As Variant<o:p></o:p> Dim vReplText=20 As Variant<o:p></o:p> Dim sFindText=20 As Range<o:p></o:p> Dim sReplText=20 As Range<o:p></o:p> Dim i As=20 Long<o:p></o:p> Dim SourceFile=20 As String<o:p></o:p> Dim Source As=20 Document<o:p></o:p> Dim Target As=20 Document<o:p></o:p> Set Target =3D=20 ActiveDocument 'The document in which the replacements are to be=20 made<o:p></o:p> Dim Msg, Style,=20 Title, Response<o:p></o:p> Msg =3D "Do you=20 want to use the default replacements file ?"<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">    ' Define=20 message.<o:p></o:p> Style =3D vbYesNo=20 + vbCritical + vbDefaultButton2<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">    ' Define=20 buttons.<o:p></o:p> Title =3D "Select=20 Source File"    = ' Define=20 title.<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">        = '=20 Display message.<o:p></o:p> Response =3D=20 MsgBox(Msg, Style, Title)<o:p></o:p> If Response =3D=20 vbYes Then    ' = User chose=20 Yes.<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">    Set Source =3D=20 Documents.Open("c:\documents\basic.doc") 'Open the document containing = the table=20 of<o:p></o:p> 'replacements=20 to be made. It assumes that there is a header row in the=20 table.<o:p></o:p> 'Modify the=20 path and filename to suit.<o:p></o:p> Else<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">    ' User chose No. = Display the=20 FileOpen dialog<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">    With=20 Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen)<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">        = If=20 .Display <> -1 Then<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 SourceFile =3D ""<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 MsgBox "You did not select a = file."<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 Exit Sub<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">       =20 Else<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 SourceFile =3D WordBasic.FileNameInfo$(.Name,=20 1)<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">        = End=20 If<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">        = Set=20 Source =3D Documents.Open(SourceFile) 'Open the selected=20 document<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">    End=20 With<o:p></o:p> End=20 If<o:p></o:p> With=20 Source.Tables(1)<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">    For i =3D 2 To=20 .Rows.Count<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">        = Set=20 sFindText =3D .Cell(i, 1).Range<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">       =20 sFindText.End =3D sFindText.End =96 = 1<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">        = Set=20 sReplText =3D .Cell(i, 3).Range<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">       =20 sReplText.End =3D sReplText.End - = 1<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">       =20 Target.Activate<o:p></o:p> <FONT=20 face=3DCalibri><SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">       =20 =91Target.content.select<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-tab-count: = 1">          =20 =91reinforce grab right document<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">        = With=20 Selection.Find<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .Forward =3D True<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .Wrap =3D wdFindContinue<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .MatchWholeWord =3D True<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .MatchWildcards =3D False<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .MatchSoundsLike =3D False<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .MatchAllWordForms =3D False<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .Format =3D True<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .MatchCase =3D False<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .Text =3D sFindText<o:p></o:p> <FONT=20 size=3D3>=91Text=3D=94^p=94<SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"mso-ansi-language: = EN-GB"><o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .Replacement.Text =3D = sReplText<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .Execute = Replace:=3DwdReplaceAll<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">        = End=20 With<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">    Next=20 i<o:p></o:p> End=20 With<o:p></o:p> Source.Close=20 wdDoNotSaveChanges<o:p></o:p> <FONT=20 face=3DCalibri>Target.Activate<o:p></o:p> <FONT=20 face=3DCalibri>;Target.content.select<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1">   =91reinforce grab right=20 document<o:p></o:p> End=20 Sub<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_005B_01C80D17.666D30E0-- Tag: what is VBA? 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 - Find/Replace nested table, format from cell in replacement text column! This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_034A_01C80D0F.CD29D340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Beginner vba user - completely stuck and could do with some assistance = please regarding using replacement text which holds its format. I have simple code that selects find [variable] 1st column table and = selects replacement text from 2nd column. The replacement text is = formatted sometimes within the cell and has tables (nested in the cell) = and inline graphic or addresses with returns or paragraphs with returns = (^p). The active document is on screen and the find/replace inserts the = replacement text but does not insert nested tables (these become just = text with faint square blocks), nor paragraph marks these also turn into = faint square blocks and the table of course does not insert. How do I enable my code to allow the text or nested table or inline = graphic or address with pilcrow returns insert as the replacement text = and hold format? Any ideas how I can achieve this please that would allow my replacement = text to be richtext desperate newbie... Sub ReplaceListv3() Dim vFindText As Variant Dim vReplText As Variant Dim sFindText As Range Dim sReplText As Range Dim i As Long Dim SourceFile As String Dim Source As Document Dim Target As Document Set Target =3D ActiveDocument 'The document in which the replacements = are to be made Dim Msg, Style, Title, Response Msg =3D "Do you want to use the default replacements file ?" ' Define = message. Style =3D vbYesNo + vbCritical + vbDefaultButton2 ' Define buttons. Title =3D "Select Source File" ' Define title. ' Display message. Response =3D MsgBox(Msg, Style, Title) If Response =3D vbYes Then ' User chose Yes. Set Source =3D Documents.Open("c:\documents\basic.doc") 'Open the = document containing the table of 'replacements to be made. It assumes that there is a header row in the = table. 'Modify the path and filename to suit. Else ' User chose No. Display the FileOpen dialog With Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen) If .Display <> -1 Then SourceFile =3D "" MsgBox "You did not select a file." Exit Sub Else SourceFile =3D WordBasic.FileNameInfo$(.Name, 1) End If Set Source =3D Documents.Open(SourceFile) 'Open the selected = document End With End If With Source.Tables(1) For i =3D 2 To .Rows.Count Set sFindText =3D .Cell(i, 1).Range sFindText.End =3D sFindText.End =96 1 Set sReplText =3D .Cell(i, 3).Range sReplText.End =3D sReplText.End - 1 Target.Activate =91Target.content.select =91reinforce grab right = document With Selection.Find .Forward =3D True .Wrap =3D wdFindContinue .MatchWholeWord =3D True .MatchWildcards =3D False .MatchSoundsLike =3D False .MatchAllWordForms =3D False .Format =3D True .MatchCase =3D False .Text =3D sFindText =91Text=3D=94^p=94 .Replacement.Text =3D sReplText .Execute Replace:=3DwdReplaceAll End With Next i End With Source.Close wdDoNotSaveChanges Target.Activate ;Target.content.select =91reinforce grab right document End Sub ------=_NextPart_000_034A_01C80D0F.CD29D340 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dwindows-1252"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Beginner vba user = - completely stuck and=20 could do with some assistance please regarding using = replacement text which=20 holds its format.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have simple code that selects find = [variable] 1st=20 column table and selects replacement text from 2nd column. The = replacement=20 text is formatted sometimes within the cell and has tables (nested in = the=20 cell) and inline graphic or addresses with returns or paragraphs = with=20 returns (^p).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The active document is on screen and = the=20 find/replace inserts the replacement text but does not insert nested = tables=20 (these become just text with faint square blocks), nor paragraph marks = these=20 also turn into faint square blocks and the table of course does not=20 insert.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How do I enable my code to allow the = text or nested=20 table or inline graphic or address with pilcrow returns insert as the=20 replacement text and hold format?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any ideas how I can achieve this please = that=20 would  allow my replacement text to be richtext</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>desperate newbie...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Sub=20 ReplaceListv3()<?xml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = /><o:p></o:p> Dim vFindText=20 As Variant<o:p></o:p> Dim vReplText=20 As Variant<o:p></o:p> Dim sFindText=20 As Range<o:p></o:p> Dim sReplText=20 As Range<o:p></o:p> Dim i As=20 Long<o:p></o:p> Dim SourceFile=20 As String<o:p></o:p> Dim Source As=20 Document<o:p></o:p> Dim Target As=20 Document<o:p></o:p> Set Target =3D=20 ActiveDocument 'The document in which the replacements are to be=20 made<o:p></o:p> Dim Msg, Style,=20 Title, Response<o:p></o:p> Msg =3D "Do you=20 want to use the default replacements file ?"<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">    ' Define=20 message.<o:p></o:p> Style =3D vbYesNo=20 + vbCritical + vbDefaultButton2<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">    ' Define=20 buttons.<o:p></o:p> Title =3D "Select=20 Source File"    = ' Define=20 title.<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">        = '=20 Display message.<o:p></o:p> Response =3D=20 MsgBox(Msg, Style, Title)<o:p></o:p> If Response =3D=20 vbYes Then    ' = User chose=20 Yes.<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">    Set Source =3D=20 Documents.Open("c:\documents\basic.doc") 'Open the document containing = the table=20 of<o:p></o:p> 'replacements=20 to be made. It assumes that there is a header row in the=20 table.<o:p></o:p> 'Modify the=20 path and filename to suit.<o:p></o:p> Else<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">    ' User chose No. = Display the=20 FileOpen dialog<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">    With=20 Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen)<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">        = If=20 .Display <> -1 Then<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 SourceFile =3D ""<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 MsgBox "You did not select a = file."<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 Exit Sub<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">       =20 Else<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 SourceFile =3D WordBasic.FileNameInfo$(.Name,=20 1)<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">        = End=20 If<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">        = Set=20 Source =3D Documents.Open(SourceFile) 'Open the selected=20 document<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">    End=20 With<o:p></o:p> End=20 If<o:p></o:p> With=20 Source.Tables(1)<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">    For i =3D 2 To=20 .Rows.Count<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">        = Set=20 sFindText =3D .Cell(i, 1).Range<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">       =20 sFindText.End =3D sFindText.End =96 = 1<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">        = Set=20 sReplText =3D .Cell(i, 3).Range<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">       =20 sReplText.End =3D sReplText.End - = 1<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">       =20 Target.Activate<o:p></o:p> <FONT=20 face=3DCalibri><SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">       =20 =91Target.content.select<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-tab-count: = 1">          =20 =91reinforce grab right document<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">        = With=20 Selection.Find<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .Forward =3D True<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .Wrap =3D wdFindContinue<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .MatchWholeWord =3D True<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .MatchWildcards =3D False<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .MatchSoundsLike =3D False<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .MatchAllWordForms =3D False<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .Format =3D True<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .MatchCase =3D False<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .Text =3D sFindText<o:p></o:p> <FONT=20 size=3D3>=91Text=3D=94^p=94<SPAN=20 lang=3DEN-GB style=3D"mso-ansi-language: = EN-GB"><o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .Replacement.Text =3D = sReplText<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes">           =20 .Execute = Replace:=3DwdReplaceAll<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">        = End=20 With<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">    Next=20 i<o:p></o:p> End=20 With<o:p></o:p> Source.Close=20 wdDoNotSaveChanges<o:p></o:p> <FONT=20 face=3DCalibri>Target.Activate<o:p></o:p> <FONT=20 face=3DCalibri>;Target.content.select<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1">   =91reinforce grab right=20 document<o:p></o:p> End=20 Sub<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_034A_01C80D0F.CD29D340-- Tag: what is VBA? 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 - Move object with text Having many small screen shots to put into a Word document I prefer to let the objects dictate where the text goes rather that the other way round. I therefore have to un-tick 'Move object with text'. I have tried to record a macro but 'greyed' commands prevent that. Can you help please? Francis Hookham Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106360
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 - SENDTO ? I created a form in HTM format in WORD. I can add a hyperlink to MAILTO: some people. But, is there a way to change this hyperlink to send the page, opening up a new email, have it already addressed and all I have to do now is SEND? Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106356
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 - Detecting the end of a row In a mixed selection that begins in a paragraph and ends in the first row of a table, the range.paragraphs contains the end-of-row marker as a para. If I select that para range, range.information(wdatendofrowmarker) is false. If I collapse the range, it's true. Is there any other way I could detect that the para was the end-of-row marker without collapsing it or creating a working range to collapse and test? In other words, is there any way to test that the end of row marker is selected aside from range.information? Bear -- Windows XP, Word 2000 Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106353
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 - UserForm Controls and Bookmarks I have a word document with approx 20 bookmarks in it. I have a UserForm that populates those bookmarks. I would like the code to be generic but am having a problem - the following code returns an error "Invalid Qualifier" with reference to the textBox field name. I would really appreciate somehelp on this <code> Dim Bmk() As String Dim y As Integer, J As Integer Dim txtFieldName As String y = ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Count ReDim iniarray(y) For J = 1 To y Bmk(J) = ActiveDocument.Bookmarks(J).Name Trim(txtFieldName) = CStr(Bmk(J)) ActiveDocument.Bookmarks(Bmk(J)).Range.Text = txtFieldName.Text Next J </code> Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106351
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 - Argument names in subs and functions When naming arguments for use in a sub or function, should I adhere to my usual naming format? E.G. Sub LOParas(ByRef rngWork As Range, strAction As String) or is Sub LOParas(ByRef Range As Range, Action As String) okay? Bear -- Windows XP, Word 2000 Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106346
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 - Error on updating fields Group, While trying to update fields in a document, I am continuously getting the error: "One or more of the fields in the selection could not be updated". I've done the same steps for months, (ie, type the doc, insert the fields, ctrl+a, F9 to update). When I print my documents, it truly is not updating the fields, I've deleted the fields and re-entered, and still the same error. This error is not only appearing on one field, but several. Any suggestions on what this problem could be related to? Diane Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106345
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 - Change a word throughout the document in one step I have a 75 page document that has a few words that need to be changed throughout it. For example: If I have a word like Chicago on many pages and I want to change it to Denver. How can I create a command so that if I change the first Chicago to Denver, the rest of the Chicago's throughout the document will change as well? I'm not real familiar with macro's and I don't want to use the find and replace command. Trying to make this user friendly. -- Thanks for any assistance you can provide. RH Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106344
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 - How to find out if a style has been used in a given Section? Hello, I need to check to find out if a specific style, (e.g., "Heading 1"), is in use in a given section of a document. The catch is, I cannot use the Range.Find method to do this. This code is running during Word's WindowSelectionChange event. And if the user happened to double-click the Format Painter before moving the selection, the Range.Find.Execute cancels out the FormatPainter mode. Also, it is not practical for me to loop all paragraphs in the section to check for the style, because it may be a very large document, and checking each paragraph may cause an hourglass and visible delay when the user moves the cursor around. Does anyone know of a trick to get what I need under this scenario? Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106342
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 - Fill In One Field in a doc and appear elsewhere on the same doc Hello, I have designed a form in MSWord. I want to take the input contents of a Text Form Field on page one and have it also show up on page two automatically. This is probably easy but I'm not phrasing the question properly for the Office Assistant to locate an answer. Help me. Thanks, -- Michael "I just wanna know" Cryderman Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106341
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 - Enter Values from a ListBox I am almost done (I think) with a project for my supervisor. I am now trying to get values, that show in a ListBox, to enter into a Word document. The document has many MergeField elements in it, some of which include First_Name, Last_Name, Address, City, Zip, Number (which is a unique ID number.) These are located throughout the document and I think MergeFields are the best choice for formatting purposes (as far as I know Bookmarks donâ??t give users much control over formatting). The data comes from an Excel sheet, which has several named ranges to identify data in each column. Doug gave me code to get most of this running (thanks a lot). Now, I am just trying to get the data, that is displayed in the ListBox, into the appropriate MergeFields in the document. Does anyone here have any idea how to do this? Iâ??ve seen a few examples online, but not many, and the ones that I did see donâ??t seem to be helpful at all. As an aside, Doug game me some code before, which was great for another project where I used a Bookmark to reserve a location for a reference that I used for another project. The code is: Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() Dim i As Integer, Addressee As String Addressee = "" For i = 1 To ListBox1.ColumnCount ListBox1.BoundColumn = i Addressee = Addressee & ListBox1.Value & vbCr Next i ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Addressee").Range.InsertAfter Addressee UserForm1.Hide End Sub This is pretty much what I want to do with my MergeFields. The code that I need may be very similar to this, but Iâ??m not sure because Iâ??ve never used MergeFields before. I tried the Macro Recorder; it didnâ??t help much. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Ryan--- -- RyGuy Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106338
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 - Editing the target or multiple hyperlinks I have a large group of files that will all exist in a single folder. I want to open each document. Go through and change every hyperlink by deleting the first portion of the link. Then save the document, close the document and move on to the next one in the folder. What this is doing is changing the hyperlinks from fully qualified to relative. Let me give this as an example. Every hyperlink in every doc is the same and looks like this. http://servername/applicationname/appname.exe/open/docID# I want them to all go to /applicationname/appname.exe/open/docid# Each Document ID number is unique. The portion to remove is acutally 33 characters. This will allow for users on different servers to view the documents without authenticating to another server. Thanks for all of your help. LWhite Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106337
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 - Hyperlinks from Word into a PDF? Is there any way to make hyperlinks in a Word.doc that will jump the user seamlessly into a bookmarked section of text within a PDF displayed in Acrobat? Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106336
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 - Find and Create Range Problem I'm using Word 2007 on WinXP SP2. I have several document which have instances of things like: [BEGIN BOXED TEXT] (some paragraphs) [END BOXED TEXT] I need a macro to search the document for each such instance, and select it (or create a range) - I can do the rest (probably!). The method I have at the moment is below and has two problems: one, after the first loop, the selected range gets too big, and two, it keeps repeating the first instance of FIND, rather than jumping through them all. Thanks in advance, Darren Sub StyleReset() ' ' StyleReset Macro ' ' CTRL+ALT+` ' (I've snipped out some lines that aren't relevant here FormatChange "[BEGIN BULLETED LIST]" FormatChange "[BEGIN BOXED TEXT]" FormatChange "[BEGIN SIDEBAR]" FormatChange "[BEGIN TABLE]" End Sub Sub FormatChange(FindChar As String, Optional FindStyle As String = "") Dim MyRange As Range, StartRange As Range Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="TextStart" Selection.Collapse Selection.Find.ClearFormatting Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting With Selection.Find .Text = FindChar .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindStop .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchAllWordForms = False End With Do While Selection.Find.Execute Select Case FindChar ' I've snipped out the Cases that are working ok - ' it's the next Case I'm having trouble with Case "[BEGIN SIDEBAR]", "[BEGIN TABLE]", "[BEGIN BOXED TEXT]", "[BEGIN BULLETED LIST]" ' need to select the area ' find the first "[END" - set a range within ' Set MyRange = Selection.Range MyRange.SetRange Start:=Selection.MoveStart(wdLine, 1), End:=MyRange.End MyRange.Collapse wdCollapseStart Set StartRange = MyRange.Duplicate With MyRange.Find .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindStop .Text = "[END" .Replacement.Text = "" .Execute If .Found Then ''Extend the range from the found item back to the start of the original range MyRange.Start = StartRange.Start MyRange.Select Selection.MoveEnd Unit:=wdLine, Count:=-1 Set MyRange = Selection.Range ' do stuff here End If End With Case "<s>" ' this is a small table. Need to find the first paragraph that doesn't contain a tab mark. Case Else End Select Loop End Sub Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106331
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 - Help with inline shapes Hello, I am trying to make a DOT file with a number of text boxes set up as inlineshapes. I can get them in the document fine (names in property list of TBox1, Tbox2 etc), and they work with the dblclick event just fine but I can not refer to them outside of the doubleclick event sub as inlineshapes "don't have names". The textbox has a name (like TBox1) and I can refer to it's name, but when I try to pass it to another sub to work on the text, it fails - generally telling me that the (name) method/property isn't valid. I tried to refer to the textbox with the index from the inlineshapes collection, but I can not find out which index number corresponds to the textbox. Any help/directions is appreciated. Jim Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106327
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 - Fill One form and auto-populate another form. Hi, I have two forms. One form is for the company to keep and the other is a government agency form which I have to e-mai/fax to governemnt agency. Both are MS Word forms. What I want to do is populate one form (company form) and then auto-populate the second form (government form). Since about half of the data for the company form is the same as the government form i want to be able to pupulate the government form when user enter the information in the company form. Is this possible to do? Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106325
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 - adding attachment to form prior to email Is there a way a browse button can be added to a protected form to allow for attachments to be added prior to the form being e-mail (via a command button). Thanks for your help. Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106313
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 - Problem with routing slip I have a protected form that I'm having folks fill out and e-mail to me via a command button on the form. One of the field on the form is "current date". If I set the properties to prefill current date, the form errors....if I just have the properties set to date, not current date, it works fine. Am I missing something in the code. The code behind the button is below Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() ActiveDocument.HasRoutingSlip = True With ActiveDocument.RoutingSlip .Subject = "Updates" .AddRecipient "JLORD@xxxxxxxx.com" .Delivery = wdAllAtOnce End With ActiveDocument.Route End Sub Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106310
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 - Mail Merge office 2003 from SQL 2000 Database I am working for a client on SQL Server 2000. They have an urgent requirement regarding Mail Merge and I simply do not have the knowledge to help. Here is the problem as sent to me, can anyone assist (apparently it worked fine from ASP with Office 2000) : I am looking for someone to solve the problem described under 'Requirement' below: Database: SQL 2000 Contains 2 tables with data: TableA: contains all the data TableB: contains 2 fields: Field1: Unique Identifier to line in TableA Field2: Staff Number Staff select records to be mail merged using a search and select process through our Intranet. Their selection list is recorded in TableB. This Table is then joined to TableA for the merge (ie in a View) Requirement: To mail merge the selection list against their staff number into Word 2003 using a selected template (we could end up with several different template layouts). Several staff could be using the system at the same time. I need this to be as automated as possible. Staff using the system should not have to go through the mail merge system currently offered in Word 2003. Ideally they should be able to select a template, click on it, type in their staff number and then the mail merge should be automatic from that point to delivering the result in Word. The mail-merge also needs to deal with a couple of conditional if statements, based on a confidential indicator (values 0 â?? 4), two fields can either be shown or not dependant of the Indicator value. Pointers of assistance greatly appreciated. TIA Trev Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106307
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 - what is word processing? What is word processing? Tag: what is VBA? Tag: 106302

Im sorry but Im new to the whole microsoft office software and I wanted to
know what VBA is and what does it do?

RE: what is VBA? by lf

lf
Mon Oct 15 13:19:00 PDT 2007

VBA is short for Visual Basic for Applications and is a programming language
that can be used within the different Office applications (e.g. Word, Excel,
Access and PowerPoint).

I suggest you read the article "Getting To Grips With VBA Basics In 15
Minutes" at:
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/VBABasicsIn15Mins.htm

Afterwards, you may be interested in reading more of the articles found at:
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/index.htm

--
Regards
Lene Fredborg
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word

"PDM" wrote:

> Im sorry but Im new to the whole microsoft office software and I wanted to
> know what VBA is and what does it do?

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