Microsoft Word - Using Selection.Find.Text with Wildcards in Word 2007 VBA |
- Using Selection.Find.Text with Wildcards in Word 2007 VBA
- Really strange problem with bulleted lists
- Can't remove internal hyperlink to bookmark in Word 2010
- Mail Merge Problem - Word using Excel data
- How Can I Unprotect Document Only When MS-Word Hidden Table Row Changes Based on Drop-Down Box Selection
- On startup windows 2013 products attempt to recover data and then crash.
- Docx documents display as a white rectangle in Office 2007
- need help with macro for Word
- Pop-up Error Message on MS Word Startup (Office 365 Home Premium)
- Email attachment issues with MS Word and Windows 8
- Microsoft Word has stopped working" error when you close Word 2013
- Font change in a protected document
- Mail Merge from SharePoint 2013
- Word is squishing all of my text together, help!
- how to create multi-celled tables
- 2 lines to 1 line spacing
- Screen view incorrect (Landscape doc appearing in portrait)
- Cannot open Word file: The XML data is invalid according to the schema.
- Word VBA - Move cursor to start of current paragraph but don't move it if it is already there
- Is it possible to have an invisible note indicator in the text?
- Double direction font change
- Word 2010 Not Replacing misspellings!
- Automatically add a new row when reaches the last row (WORD 2010)
- How to stop list of recent documents from disappearing in Word 2010
- Paragraph numbering - related to heading numbers
- Saved but lost file
- Bullet format in Word Web App
- How to permanently disable 'Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style' option?
- Print Area in Word 2013
- New word document opens with small box at top of page
- Setting Default for Word Documents
- Corrupted Office word files
| Using Selection.Find.Text with Wildcards in Word 2007 VBA Posted: 10 Dec 2013 02:47 PM PST I am writing a macro to search a document for all instances of [TBR-XXX] and [TBD-YYY] ( X's and Y's are numbers, like 001, 002, etc., and yes, the square brackets are part of the item I'm looking for ). Once I find the instances, I put them into a table along with the corresponding section number from whence they came.
The brackets and the hyphen are throwing me as they are special characters. I've tried the following ( snippet of code ):
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="bmStartOfBody" ' Start at the beginning of the main body section
My document starts with the word, "The" and of course, the .Text search string above picks up on the capital T and thinks that is the first TBR/TBD item. From there, the whole thing breaks down.
I've also tried the following for the .Text string:
"[TB??^#^#^#]" (same result) "\[TB??^#^#^#\]" (Same result) "[[]TB??^#^#^#[]]" (Didn't work)
But when I used, "[TBR?^#^#^#]" I found all the TBR values.
I could simply search for the TBR values and then the TBD values, but I'm just curious about the correct way to do the search using a string with the wildcards in there. Hopefully someone can shed some light on this for me. Thanks! By the way, I tried using the ^# with the "Find" feature in word with the "Use Wildcards" selected just to see if I could learn anything from the built in feature, but it said it can't use the ^# wildcard in a find using the built in feature. Ugh.
|
| Really strange problem with bulleted lists Posted: 10 Dec 2013 02:45 PM PST I created a custom bulleted list a while back, using the process outlined here: http://shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets20072010.html. It worked beautifully for the last three months. However, spontaneously starting today, whenever I click on the list style to use in my document, it won't let me tab over. It's not that the cursor moves and the bullet symbol doesn't; the tab key just doesn't work. This problem doesn't exist for the default bullet style. When I open up an old document, the custom style works if I continue a list that I created before, but it doesn't work if I go to the top of the document and make a new list with the custom style. I also tried comparing the custom list styles of an old document and a new one, but there is no difference. Also, if I start a new document and tab over a couple of times (so that I am not on the lefthand margin), and then apply my custom style, I can use the tab and shift-tab keys to move left and right. However, if I move the bullet all the way to the lefthand margin (the first-level of the list), the tab key stops working again. It's driving me nuts -- I can't make my outlines for my exams. Help! |
| Can't remove internal hyperlink to bookmark in Word 2010 Posted: 10 Dec 2013 02:40 PM PST I am composing a document in Word 2010 where I have created bookmarks and hyperlinks to those bookmarks within the document. Basically, I'm making it easy for the reader to click on a term and be taken to a place later in the document where there is an explanation of the term. I've run into 2 related problems: 1) When I test the hyperlinks, some do not take me to the bookmarked location, but instead take me -- after a bit of motion on the screen -- back to the very same hyperlink. In other cases, the hyperlinks work just fine. There is a pattern here. When I hover over the hyperlinks that work, I see the complete path for the file plus the bookmark. When I hover over the hyperlinks that don't work correctly, I see only the bookmark, but not the path. 2) I have tried to remove the hyperlinks that are working incorrectly, but I can't. When I right click on the link, and then click on "remove hyperlink," nothing happens. Similarly, if I click "edit hyperlink" and delete the link in the dialog box, nothing happens. On theory that I have a corrupted file, I tried creating a blank document and pasting the content from the old file into it. That didn't work. Help! |
| Mail Merge Problem - Word using Excel data Posted: 10 Dec 2013 02:30 PM PST Why is Word 97 Mail Merge merging in only a few fields from the wrong records contained in an excel 97 spreadsheet? In other words, the letter is merging most of the fields in just fine, but two fields are being pulled in from a different record and merged into every merge as if those two fields had been entered into the corresponding field in each record, which they have not. There are 62 records in an excel spreadsheet. Word 97's mail merge query is merging only records with a certain person's name in the third field, which results in only the last 8 records being merged. Yet somehow, the 50th and 51st fields in the 48th record are being merged into every merge result as the addressee's first and last name. Those fields are blank in the relevant records, and the conditional field (If statement) has no default value plugging in those first and last names. I don't get it. |
| Posted: 10 Dec 2013 02:19 PM PST I currently have six forms that I have combined into one MS-Word document. The form contains a combo-drop down box so that the user can select the desired form name and its applicable form while all other table rows/forms are hidden.
The problem I am encountering is that when I "restrict the document" and the form fields are active, if I attempt to select a different form from the drop-down list, I get error message:
"This method or property is not available because the document is locked for editing"
I have listed below the VBA code contained in my document. I have very limited knowledge in using VBA but I'm almost certain what I desire to have happen is doable......can anyone help? ----------------------------- Option Explicit Private Sub ComboBox1_Change() lbl_Exit: |
| On startup windows 2013 products attempt to recover data and then crash. Posted: 10 Dec 2013 11:44 AM PST Upon launching word 2013, a window pops up saying the that "Microsoft Word is trying to recover your information..." Below that it states that "this might take several minutes" The only option presented is cancel. Within a few seconds of this window appearing it closes on its own. I've looked in task manager and it appears that the program actually closes instead of just going into the background. I've tried restarting my computer and running the program as an administrator without success. I am using windows 8. A similar process occurs when I attempt to launch my other office programs. I've tried searching the internet for similar problems, but have not found anything that describes my problem. If anyone could provide assistance or even a link to a possible solution that would be much appreciated. |
| Docx documents display as a white rectangle in Office 2007 Posted: 10 Dec 2013 10:50 AM PST Hi. This question has been asked before but the answer as noted here: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-desktop/all-docx-icons-are-displayed-as-white-rectangle/8f2199e9-5c1d-43dc-afcb-9ce7515e5eada by Ramesh Srinivasan REG file here referred to a fix for Office 2010. Will this same fix work for 2007? If not, can someone provide a similar solution for 2007? The 2010 users seemed very happy with the results and I have the same issue in 2007 after migrating to Windows 7. Thanks, Tom |
| Posted: 10 Dec 2013 10:43 AM PST I am not even sure if this is possible. I want to find that out before I even waste any time trying to do it on my own. I am a transcriptionist. I have reports with a "header" at the top with patient info, IN CAPS, in the middle of a jumble of special characters and codes that are used for importing the document. I have to enter the patient info lower down in the same document, this time not in caps but Last, First order. Each document obviously has a different patient name. What I was hoping to do is create a macro that can look at the patient info I type in the body of the document and populate that, in caps and in the correct order, into the proper space in the header. Is that a possibility? Thanks for any help on this. |
| Pop-up Error Message on MS Word Startup (Office 365 Home Premium) Posted: 10 Dec 2013 10:32 AM PST Running Windows 8.1 When double-clicking on a document name in File Explorer I get the following pop-up error message:-  When I click OK the document continues to open up in Word, and seems to be OK. I'm not sure whether it is actually OK as I've been getting this message since product installation. Any ideas? Is there a problem? |
| Email attachment issues with MS Word and Windows 8 Posted: 10 Dec 2013 09:52 AM PST I am working with document in Word 2013 for example, and after I finished working with it, I want to send it as attachment. But when I select "Share" and then select "Send as Attachment," I get the message that "Word couldn't send mail because of MAPI failure."
I have MacBook also and I can send from within Word but in Windows 8, it will not let me. Is the Microsoft Mail program/APP not compatible with MS Office 2013?
|
| Microsoft Word has stopped working" error when you close Word 2013 Posted: 10 Dec 2013 09:48 AM PST
Each time when I close Office Word 2013, I receive the below error message: Microsoft Word has stopped working
Regards
Suresh Kumar K |
| Font change in a protected document Posted: 10 Dec 2013 09:45 AM PST I have a protected document and most everything works as it should. Issue is in one line there is a change in the font size. In unprotect mode, it works fine, but when I protect the document, this font change does not work. In this one line, users are to have the ability to add text and when they do, I need the font size to stay in a smaller font. Anyone have this issue too? |
| Mail Merge from SharePoint 2013 Posted: 10 Dec 2013 08:33 AM PST Hello, A user is trying to do a mail merge with the data source as an Excel document, hosted on our SharePoint 2013 site. I came across http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826838, which mentions that performing a mail merge from an HTTP:// location is not supported in Office 2010 and below. I was just wondering whether that is still the case in Office 2013 running SharePoint 2013. This doesn't seem to be a possibility, but I want to check to make sure. Thanks for your input! Dave |
| Word is squishing all of my text together, help! Posted: 10 Dec 2013 08:32 AM PST Well, I don't really know how to describe this, so I took a screen shot, but the text in my Word documents are all squished together. These files were saved and looked normal in the first place, but suddenly look like this:How  How can I fix this? |
| how to create multi-celled tables Posted: 10 Dec 2013 08:28 AM PST i am having an issue with a table i am trying to create in microsoft word 2010 i want to create 4 column table that has varying numbers of rows, in the first column i want 3 rows the second one i want 3 rows as well but for the 3rd and the 4th i want to have 5 rows in one column and 7 rows in the other, all these numbers include the first 4 columns, i try spitting the table but after the second row it won't let me go any higher than 3 can you all help me |
| Posted: 10 Dec 2013 07:51 AM PST How do I change from 2 lines spacing to 1 line spacing between messages typed in a letter |
| Screen view incorrect (Landscape doc appearing in portrait) Posted: 10 Dec 2013 07:42 AM PST Hi I've just got the latest Word version and i've opened an older document. The document has two A5 sized text boxes on a landscape setting. In the new version it opens it as a a portrait document (so I have to tip my head to read it right). The text direction is running top to bottom on the screen so I can edit it correctly, but I can't view it right. If I simply try and alter the orientation of the page it turns the page but not the text. Any suggestions? |
| Cannot open Word file: The XML data is invalid according to the schema. Posted: 10 Dec 2013 06:30 AM PST Dear Support, Here is another classic.. Editing/correcting my thesis, which is a 166MB, 250+page document. This is a pain as it is, since Word is super slow and freezes all the time. However, now I can't even open the file any more, since there appears to be an error in the document.xml. I tried opening and editing document.xml with Oxygen, but the editor displays 91 errors (!), which even increase when I fix some end tags. Apparently this has been an issue for quite a while now with Word, with an appropriate fix from Microsoft still lacking. The live chat support couldn't have been of less use. Dear Microsoft, do you find it acceptable to have your software randomly smash documents beyond recovery? Best wishes Torben |
| Word VBA - Move cursor to start of current paragraph but don't move it if it is already there Posted: 10 Dec 2013 06:25 AM PST I want to move the cursor to the start of the current paragraph. If I do the normal Selection.MoveUp Unit:=wdParagraph, count:=1 the cursor goes to the start of the current paragraph, unless it is already there, in which case it moves to the beginning of the previous paragraph. How do I prevent it from doing that, ie don't move it if it's already at the start of the paragraph. |
| Is it possible to have an invisible note indicator in the text? Posted: 10 Dec 2013 05:20 AM PST Two sequences of notes within one displayed series aren't so bad, assuming a need to present annotations and textual notes on the same page. (The idea came from this thread.) A great deal can be done to separate the series visually, although not geographically on the page. E.g., the textual notes can be in a different typeface as well as being given different indicators. Whether the custom indicator in the text is always the same or whether it has a little series of its own is independent of the indicator in the second series of actual notes. The indicator in the notes can be even be deleted and yet the note remains! In this case it might be desirable to substitute something else, e.g. a line number. Here's an example of 2 sequences within one display series. I wouldn't really mix the custom indicator * with the line number or blank indicator alternatives shown below. 57 * 58 59 ** 60 [blank indicator] 61 25 [line number substituted for indicator] 62 I've tried unsuccessfully to use an invisible custom indicator in my text. Fixed spaces aren't accepted. Is there such a thing as an invisible indicator in Word? I seem to recall that it was in another program. |
| Posted: 10 Dec 2013 04:24 AM PST Sometimes I use multiple changes of font direction in one place. Is there a possibility to change font characteristics for one direction only? The problem I have that one of directions is italic, and when I turn it off, this turns on italic on other direction, and vice versa. Tried to make global replace of font format - does not help. Thank you. |
| Word 2010 Not Replacing misspellings! Posted: 10 Dec 2013 01:18 AM PST Hi, My installation of Word has developed the habit of highlighting misspellings, presenting me with a list of alternatives and then NOT replacing the misspelling with the selected word. It does not always make this mistake but I cannot see a rule in its error. So, for example, in the above sentence I made three misspellings. Word identified all of them but only made the correct substitution once, on the last of the three. It has now gone back to not making the substitution. All help gratefully received! George |
| Automatically add a new row when reaches the last row (WORD 2010) Posted: 10 Dec 2013 12:00 AM PST Automatically add a new row when reaches the last row (word 2010) I made a table in WORD 2010 and put 3 rows in it. What i want is that if a user reaches the last row (no matter what cell in the last row), its automatically add a new row. Or a Button when pressed is adding a row. I hope this is possible and thank you very much. p.s, sorry about my english if i have spelling mistakes  |
| How to stop list of recent documents from disappearing in Word 2010 Posted: 09 Dec 2013 11:38 PM PST The list of recent documents that are supposed to appear when I click "File>Recent" always disappear after a while of staying there. I'm not sure what triggers it. This had never happened in Word 2007. Is Word 2010 clearing the list after a set amount of time has past? How do I prevent that from happening? |
| Paragraph numbering - related to heading numbers Posted: 09 Dec 2013 08:58 PM PST How do I create paragraph numbers based on the heading number? For example: 1.0 MAIN HEADING (Based on Heading Style) 1.1 Paragraph of text. More text more text
2.0 MAIN HEADING (Based on Heading Style) 2.1 SUB HEADING (Based on Heading Style) 2.1.1 Paragraph of text. More text more text 2.1.2 Paragraph of text. More text more text
the "Paragraph of text" I want to autonumber as per heading styles.
Thanks in advance. Regards Alan |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2013 07:25 PM PST I recently was working on a paper and saving it to my flash drive. Well my flash drive malfunctioned and now there is no path to the file I lost, is there still a way to retrieve from Word? |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2013 07:23 PM PST Hi, When I want to decrease the indent, while I'm using a bulleted list, in normal Microsoft Word, I just need to press Enter. But in the Word Web App, pressing Enter removes the bullet and goes to the next line, so each time I need to select the decrease indent button. Is there a way to fix this, please? Thanks! |
| How to permanently disable 'Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style' option? Posted: 09 Dec 2013 06:48 PM PST Hello, Can someone please tell me whether I can permanently disable the above option in the Paragraph dialog box. I have tried using the Set as Default feature where available, but this makes no difference. Each time I apply paragraph formatting to text in some way, this option is enabled by default and it is driving me mad having to disable each time. The only way around this is to use styles, but this is not always the most efficient option for me. I use both Office 2010 for PC and Office 2008 for Mac, and have not been able to permanently disable this most annoying and poorest of design features from either program. Any help or advice appreciated, cheers. N. |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2013 05:32 PM PST Trying to set Print Area in Word 2013 Windows 7. Anyone know how or has this too been changed? |
| New word document opens with small box at top of page Posted: 09 Dec 2013 05:14 PM PST Recently every time I open a new document the cursor appears in a small box at the top of the screen. I can type within the box but not outside it. The amount of text I can write in the box appears to be limited. I don't know how this came to be my default format or what it is or more importantly how to get rid of it. Please help. |
| Setting Default for Word Documents Posted: 09 Dec 2013 04:07 PM PST My default font setting in Word keeps reverting back to Calibri. I set the default for all documents as Times New Roman size 12, and every time I open a blank document it's on Calibri size 11. So frustrating! I've been setting the default by going to the "font" tab and then clicking on the default for all documents in the Normal template. When I open a new document I just click on "Blank Document." What can I do? |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2013 02:59 PM PST What has happened to my word docs? I cannot open them - the icon for these docs is a plain orange/yellow sheet instead of the the normal whote with blue W logo on - this happens on docs I created and saved myself over the past couple years or with a word doc attachment that looks normal on the email but try open in and it says doesnt recognise programme. I then get a Microsoft pop up asking me to upgrade. This Office package (Word Starter 10) was part of my computer when I bought it and has worked fine for the past couple years since new - suddenly this happens - very important docs I cannot get access to. Anyone know why this has happened and what I do to get the docs back to normal format so I can open, edit save etc. |
| You are subscribed to email updates from Office Category - All Threads, Microsoft Office Word To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
