I work with users all over the world, many of whom don't seem to know what the tab key is for, or who insert multiple spaces - both normal and non-breaking - between sentences. Our corporate standard is to have only one space between sentences. I'd like to write VBA code that looks for multiple normal spaces, multiple non-breaking spaces, or combinations of these (yes, I know...), up to a maximum of, say, six (yes, I know...), and replace with just one normal space.. Is there a quick way of coding this? I'm afraid I'm not very good with wild cards...
Thanks all.
You really don't need a macro for this...
Nevertheless, to find any sequence of two or more spaces and replace them with just the first one (which may or may not be a non-breaking space - which there may be good reasons for retaining), regardless of the user's region (which can affect wildcard Find/Replace expressions):
Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveDocument.Range
With .Find
.ClearFormatting
.Replacement.ClearFormatting
.Text = "([^s ])#[^s ]"
.Replacement.Text = "\1"
.Forward = True
.Format = False
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.MatchWildcards = True
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
If you really don't want to retain any initial non-breaking spaces, change "\1" to " ".
The code below replaces any combination of 2 or more hard and soft spaces with only 1 soft space. This code is not optimized, but it works well. The code is a working idea to answer a colleague's question and can be improved in many ways. With working code, this would only make sense for some special tasks. For example, when processing huge documents.
Sub repl_all()
SpaceSoft
SpaceHard
SpaceSoft1
SpaceHard1
SpaceSoft_Hard
SpaceHard_Soft
SpaceSoft
SpaceSoft1
SpaceHard_Soft1
End Sub
'*********************************************************
Sub SpaceSoft()
Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = " {2;}"
.Replacement.Text = "<spacesoft><spacesoft>BhBp.bg"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchWildcards = True
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End Sub
'*********************************************************
Sub SpaceHard()
Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
Selection.Collapse wdCollapseStart
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.MatchWildcards = True
.Text = "^s{2;}"
.Replacement.Text = "<spacehard><spacehard>BhBp.bg"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindAsk
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End Sub
'*********************************************************
Sub SpaceSoft1()
Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "<spacesoft><spacesoft>BhBp.bg"
.Replacement.Text = " "
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchWildcards = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End Sub
'*********************************************************
Sub SpaceHard1()
Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "<spacehard><spacehard>BhBp.bg"
.Replacement.Text = " "
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchWildcards = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End Sub
'*********************************************************
Sub SpaceSoft_Hard()
Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = " ^s"
.Replacement.Text = " "
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchWildcards = True
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End Sub
'*********************************************************
Sub SpaceHard_Soft()
Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "^s "
.Replacement.Text = " "
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchWildcards = True
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End Sub
'*********************************************************
Sub SpaceHard_Soft1()
Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "^s"
.Replacement.Text = " "
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchWildcards = True
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End Sub
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I'm trying to hide a string of characters within the clear text of a word document by inserting a double-space before each word beginning by the successive letters of this string with an MS Word macro.
The following macro works, but
it always restarts at the top of the document rather than loop till the end of the document is reached, and,
the selection automatically jumps to the next occurrence of the same letter after each replacement of a space by a double space (before searching for the next letter in the string).
For clarity, here is what I'm trying to achieve: to encode the string "hello" in the text of a word document, I
start at the top of the document;
search for the first word in the document beginning by "h" (the 1st letter of the string; doesn't need to be case-sensitive);
replace the space before this 1st word with 2 spaces;
search for the next word beginning by "e" (the 2nd letter of the string; doesn't need to be case-sensitive);
replace the space before this 2nd word word with 2 spaces;
and so on with each following occurrence of a word beginning by the following letter of the string;
then, once the last letter of the string ("o") is reached, loop at the first letter of the string; and
repeat the above until the end of the document is reached (the string must be "encoded" as many time as possible in the text).
Of course, the original document must be single-spaced, and the string could be longer than just "hello".
I tried the following macro:
Sub DoubleSpaceEncode()
'
' DoubleSpaceEncode Macro
' Encodes a message in an MS Word document through double space
'
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "( [Hh])"
.Replacement.Text = " \1"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchWildcards = True
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection.Find
.Text = "( [Ee])"
.Replacement.Text = " \1"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchWildcards = True
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection.Find
.Text = "( [Ll])"
.Replacement.Text = " \1"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchWildcards = True
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
With Selection.Find
.Text = "( [Oo])"
.Replacement.Text = " \1"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchWildcards = True
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
End Sub
Needless to say, this macro was recorded in MS Word.
How do I solve problems 1 and 2 above (and possibly simplify this macro)?
This was a fun thing to program. This is MY approach. You seem to be good at learning from code.
I think you were wrong to use "wdFindContinue".
Option Explicit
Sub DoubleSpaceEncode()
Selection.HomeKey wdStory ' start at beginning
Do While doWord("Hello")
Loop
End Sub
Function doWord(zword$) As Boolean
Dim ipos&
For ipos = 1 To Len(zword)
If Not doLetter(Mid$(zword, ipos, 1)) Then Exit Function ' ends
Next ipos
doWord = True
End Function
Function doLetter(letter$) As Boolean
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting ' necessary?
If not Selection.Find.Execute(" " & letter, False, False, False, False, False, True, wdFindStop, False) Then
Exit Function ' ends
End If
Selection.Collapse wdCollapseStart ' add a space
Selection.TypeText " "
Selection.MoveRight wdCharacter, 2
doLetter = True
End Function
I know it is a very basic question, but I still can't quite understand how .Find.Execute method works in MS Word files.
For example, I see a lot of codes with this snippet
Selection.Find.Execute FindText:="some text"
Do While Selection.Find.Found
Selection.Find.Execute
Loop
My basic questions are:
1- Is there a difference between using .Find.Text and .Find.Execute FindText?
2- Why is the while loop Do While Selection.Find.Found used instead of using If Selection.Find.Found ? Or what does it mean?
3- What is the meaning of Selection.Find.Execute? And what is its role at the end of the while loop?
I have already posted an answer to one of your questions showing how to use that approach. In any event, using Selection is both inefficient and liable to produce excessive screen flicker. Moreover, unless you collapse the found range, you're liable to end up with an endless loop.
The following three approaches are functionally equivalent:
Sub Demo1()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveDocument.Range
With .Find
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.MatchWildcards = True
.Text = "<[ACEMR]{3}[1-4][1-9]{2}>"
.Replacement.Text = ""
End With
Do While .Find.Execute = True
'Do whatever with the found range
MsgBox .Text
.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
Loop
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Sub Demo2()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveDocument.Range
With .Find
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.MatchWildcards = True
.Text = "<[ACEMR]{3}[1-4][1-9]{2}>"
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Execute
End With
Do While .Find.Found = True
'Do whatever with the found range
MsgBox .Text
.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
.Find.Execute
Loop
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Sub Demo3()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveDocument.Range
With .Find
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.MatchWildcards = True
.Text = "<[ACEMR]{3}[1-4][1-9]{2}>"
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Execute
Do While .Found = True
'Do whatever with the found range
With .Parent
MsgBox .Text
.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
.Find.Execute
End With
Loop
End With
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
I am trying to figure a way to convert intext notes (notes and references within the text body) to endnotes in an MS Word document that has existing endnotes and this is my first macro in decades.
My intext notes can be identified since they are in dark blue between curled brackets. So far I managed to record a macro for the single steps: Search for pattern, cut pattern, insert endnote, paste pattern, search pattern again in endnotes, remove curled brackets, focus back to the beginning of the document (out of endnotes).
Here is how it looks:
Sub inline2endnote()
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Font.Color = 6299648
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "\{(*?)\}"
.Replacement.Text = "\1"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = True
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchWildcards = True
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
Selection.Cut
With Selection
With .EndnoteOptions
.Location = wdEndOfDocument
.NumberingRule = wdRestartContinuous
.StartingNumber = 1
.NumberStyle = wdNoteNumberStyleArabic
End With
.Endnotes.Add Range:=Selection.Range, Reference:=""
End With
Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdFormatOriginalFormatting)
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Font.Color = 6299648
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "\{(*?)\}"
.Replacement.Text = "\1"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = True
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchWildcards = True
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
End Sub
I had to focus back on top because I needed to exit the endnotes section and go back to body text. Also, I have no idea what the last "With" section is meant to do.
Now I would like to loop this pattern in order to fix all the inline notes, but I seem unable to find away. I was using this thread as a reference but I can't figure out how to properly set my scope and define the fields for my iterations.
I was also wondering if there is a cleaner way to write the steps, like pasting my content without curled brackets directly, like store my find in a variable and use a second one with stripped content.
Try:
Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim Rng As Range, E_Nt As Endnote
With ActiveDocument.Range
With .Find
.ClearFormatting
.Replacement.ClearFormatting
.Text = "\{[!\{]#\}"
.Font.Color = 6299648
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.Format = True
.MatchWildcards = True
.Execute
End With
Do While .Find.Found
Set Rng = .Duplicate
With Rng
.Start = .Start + 1
.End = .End - 1
End With
Set E_Nt = .Endnotes.Add(.Duplicate)
E_Nt.Range.FormattedText = Rng.FormattedText
E_Nt.Range.Font.ColorIndex = wdAuto
.Text = vbNullString
.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
.Find.Execute
Loop
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
How can i remove all words after <de> till the end of the last word, not the line itself?
I have used this code, but have a problem selecting the expansion range:
With Selection
.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
' Find the entered texts.
With Selection.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Text = strTexts
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.Execute
End With
Do While .Find.Found = True
' Expand the selection to the entire sentence.
Selection.Expand Unit:=wdLine
Selection.Delete
.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
.Find.Execute
Loop
End With
End Sub
The code is very close. What's missing is moving it back by one character (wdCharacter, -1).
Note I've also corrected the Find.Wrap setting to wdFindStop. If you use wdFindContinue your code could enter an infinite loop - it could keep starting over at the beginning of the document.
Sub FindTheDeleteToEndOfLine()
Dim searchTerm As String
Dim bFound As Boolean
searchTerm = "<de>"
Selection.HomeKey wdStory
'Basic Find settings
With Selection.Find
.Forward = True
.wrap = wdFindStop
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
'Execute the Find
Do
With Selection.Find
.Text = searchTerm
bFound = .Execute
If bFound Then
Selection.MoveEnd wdLine, 1
Selection.MoveEnd wdCharacter, -1
Selection.Delete
End If
End With
Loop While bFound
End Sub
The code below deletes everything after Slim Shady up to the end of the line.
Thus from:
you get:
Public Sub DeleteAfterEminem()
Do While True
Selection.HomeKey wdStory
With Selection
.Find.Text = "Slim Shady"
If .Find.Execute Then
.MoveEnd wdLine, 1
.MoveEnd wdCharacter, -1
.Delete
Else
Exit Do
End If
End With
Loop
End Sub
If you want to remove everything from Slim Shady to the end of the document this is a working solution:
Public Sub DeleteAfterEminem()
With Selection
.Find.Text = "Slim Shady"
If .Find.Execute Then
.End = ActiveDocument.Range.End
' .End = Selection.End
.Delete
End If
End With
End Sub
I am searching for specific text within a document, deleting the text and then adding a section break. I can only get this code to work for one instance. When I tried a do while loop, checking each line, Word crashed.
With Selection.Find
.Text = "INSTRUCTOROVERVIEW"
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
With Selection
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End If
.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Find.Forward = True Then
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Else
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End If
.Find.Execute
End With
Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdSectionBreakNextPage
You should show your loop-code as well.
However, setting
.Wrap = wdFindStop
will prevent the the Find from running the code indefinitely, which is probably why it is crashing. Using wdFindContinue will cause the search to continue from the beginning of the document, over and over.
However, you should also check the result returned by Find.Execute. It is a Boolean value (True or False) indicating whether the Find was successful. If is not successful you should use Exit Do or Exit For to break out of your loop.