So to summarize things, I am creating a word document and pasting an excel table into the Word document. The only problem I'm facing now is that the texts in the Word document is aligned left but I want it Justified. However, no matter what I do I can't seem to get it to justify unless I manually do it on Word.
Please find below my code less all the non-relevant stuff. I'm a VBA noob so how I've been doing it is just copy pasting and trying to adapt it to what I need. So far everything works except the justifying part.
Dim obj As Object
Set obj = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
If obj Is Nothing Then
Set obj = CreateObject("Word.Application")
End If
obj.Visible = True
Set objDoc = obj.Documents.Add
a = Sheets("Print").Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
Sheets("Print").Range("A1:F" & a).Copy
objDoc.Range.PasteExcelTable False, False, True
objDoc.Activate
objDoc.Tables(1).AutoFitBehavior wdAutoFitContent
Application.CutCopyMode = False
On Error GoTo 0
With objDoc.Tables(1)
.PreferredWidth = 505
End With
With objDoc.PageSetup
.TopMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.71)
.BottomMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.71)
.LeftMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.71)
.RightMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.71)
End With
With objDoc
.Range.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacingRule = wdLineSpace1pt5
'set paragraph spacing after to 0
.Range.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = 10
.Range.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphJustify
End With
Sheets("DCN Inputs").Select
End Sub
The problem is that you use the Word enumeration value wdAlignParagraphJustify but you don't have a reference to the Word object library. Excel VBA doesn't recognize this member of the Word object model without a specific reference (Tools/References).
If you want to use late-binding, as you have otherwise throughout your code, then you need to substitute the numerical value of the enumeration, which in this case is 3. For example:
objDoc.Range.PasteExcelTable False, False, True
objDoc.Activate
Set objTable = objDoc.Tables(1)
With objTable
.AutoFitBehavior wdAutoFitContent
.PreferredWidth = 505
.Range.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = 3 'wdAlignParagraphJustify
End With
Application.CutCopyMode = False
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got a problem with the right alignment from columns in a word document.
I'm creating a word document with a table from one of our systems. The first time creating the table and selecting the columns for alignment will work without problems. If the user now creates a new document, overwriting the old one, it will crash. If the new word document is created, without overwriting an old one, no errors occur.
So the combination out of overwriting an existing document, there aren't any word processes running, and selecting columns for right alignment will crash. This is how I try to align the columns.
objTable.Columns(4).Select
Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphRight
objTable.Columns(5).Select
Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphRight
objTable.Columns(6).Select
Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphRight
Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?
Thanks
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We have software, where a user can create a Word document. The word document loads a Word Template, in which a bookmark marks the location for creating the table. Before the table is created, the new document from the template will be saved on a network path. If there is already a document from that template, it should be overwritten. After saving the document for the first time and giving the right name, my method creates the table and fills it with content. The creating part will crash as soon as my method tries to align the columns(alignment-part in the code above) if there was a document created before. I took a look at the task manager there were no running word processes left after the first run. If a new word document is created, without overwriting an existing one, there are no problems with the alignment. So I guess the combination of overwriting an existing document and the alignment is responsible for the error.
€dit2 - My Code (I removed unneccessary lines of code like variable declaration):
'That is kind of strange, because even though it should be nothing it skipped that part - But if it tries to use the existing word instance - it crashes with the 462 - remote-server-computer is not available.
If app is Nothing Then
Set app = New Word.Application
Exit Function
End If
Set document = app.Documents.Add(Template:=Template, NewTemplate:=False, DocumentType:=0)
Dim settings As settings
settings = exportWord (document,...)
Private Function exportWord (oDoc As Word.Document, ...) As settings
On Error GoTo Err_WordExport
Dim sets As settings
With sets
.export = False
End With
exportWord = sets
Dim objRange As Word.Range
Dim objTable As Word.Table
With oDoc
Set objRange = .Bookmarks("tbl").Range
.Tables.Add objRange, positionen.Count + 1, 6
Set objTable = .Bookmarks("tbl").Range.Tables(1)
End With
With objTable
With .Rows(1)
.Cells(1).Range.Text = ""
.Cells(2).Range.Text = ""
.Cells(3).Range.Text = ""
.Cells(4).Range.Text = ""
.Cells(5).Range.Text = ""
.Cells(6).Range.Text = ""
.Cells(1).Range.Font.Bold = True
.Cells(2).Range.Font.Bold = True
.Cells(3).Range.Font.Bold = True
.Cells(4).Range.Font.Bold = True
.Cells(5).Range.Font.Bold = True
.Cells(6).Range.Font.Bold = True
End With
End With
Dim i As Long
i = 2
For Each ItemPos In Positionen
'fill the content
Next ItemPos
With objTable.Rows(1).Borders(wdBorderBottom)
.Visible = True
.LineStyle = wdLineStyleDouble
End With
objTable.Columns(4).Select
Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphRight
objTable.Columns(5).Select
Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphRight
objTable.Columns(6).Select
Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphRight
objTable.Columns.AutoFit
oDoc.SaveAs2 pathToSave
With sets
.export = True
.PathToFile = pathToSave
End With
exportWord = sets
Set objTable = Nothing
End Function
You can avoid selecting the columns by looping through the cells. You can also simplify your code as below:
Set objTable = oDoc.Tables.Add(oDoc.Bookmarks("tbl").Range, Positionen.Count + 1, 6)
With objTable
Dim wdCell As Word.Cell
With .Rows(1).Borders(wdBorderBottom)
.Visible = True
.LineStyle = wdLineStyleDouble
End With
For Each wdCell In .Rows(1).Cells
With wdCell.Range
.Text = ""
.Font.Bold = True
End With
Next wdCell
Dim colIndex As Long
For colIndex = 4 To 6
For Each wdCell In .Columns(colIndex).Cells
wdCell.Range.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphRight
Next wdCell
Next colIndex
End With
You can refine this even further simply by adding a 2 row table into the template with the formatting already applied. Then all you need is:
Set objTable = oDoc.Bookmarks("tbl").Range.Tables(1)
Dim i As Long
For i = 1 To positionen - 1
objTable.Rows.Add
Next i
My intention is to use a VBA code to extract the comments from a PowerPoint document and paste the information in a table in Word.
I started to build a code that works on Word and I tried to adapt in to work with PowerPoint. Unfortunately I run in some errors like Error 07 memory issue, while the code works perfectly to extract comments form a word document...
I am lost and do not know what to do...
Is there an expert who could help me verifying the code? I made notes in the code to make it easy to read.
PS: In PowerPoint VBA Editor, I did enabled the reference for Word.
Sub Tansfer_PPT_comments_in_WordDoc()
Dim n As Long
Dim nCount As Long
Dim ppt As Presentation
Dim wdapp As Word.Application
Dim wddoc As Word.Document
Dim wdtable As Table
Set ppt = ActivePresentation
nCount = ActivePresentation.Comments.Count
'Open a Word document
On Error Resume Next
Set wdapp = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
If Err.Number <> 0 Then 'Word isn't already running
Set wdapp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
End If
On Error GoTo 0
'Create word page with landscape orientation
Set wddoc = Documents.Add
wddoc.PageSetup.Orientation = wdOrientLandscape
'Insert a 5-column table
With wddoc
.Content = ""
Set wdtable = .Tables.Add _
(Range:=Selection.Range, _
Numrows:=nCount + 1, _
NumColumns:=5)
End With
'DOCUMENT FORMATTING
'Define Normal and Header style
With wddoc.Styles(wdStyleNormal)
.Font.Name = "Arial"
.Font.Size = 10
.ParagraphFormat.LeftIndent = 0
.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = 6
End With
With wddoc.Styles(wdStyleHeader)
.Font.Size = 8
.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = 0
End With
'Format table
With wdtable
.Range.Style = wdStyleNormal
.AllowAutoFit = False
.PreferredWidthType = wdPreferredWidthPercent
.PreferredWidth = 100
.Columns(1).PreferredWidth = 2
.Columns(2).PreferredWidth = 20
.Columns(3).PreferredWidth = 40
.Columns(4).PreferredWidth = 8
.Columns(5).PreferredWidth = 40
.Rows(1).HeadingFormat = True
.Columns(1).Select
Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphCenter
.Rows(1).Select
Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphCenter
Selection.Font.ColorIndex = wdDarkBlue
Selection.Shading.Texture = wdTextureNone
Selection.Shading.ForegroundPatternColor = wdColorAutomatic
Selection.Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = -603937025
End With
'Add table borders
With wdtable.Borders
.InsideLineStyle = Options.DefaultBorderLineStyle
.InsideLineWidth = Options.DefaultBorderLineWidth
.InsideColor = Options.DefaultBorderColor
.OutsideLineStyle = Options.DefaultBorderLineStyle
.OutsideLineWidth = Options.DefaultBorderLineWidth
.OutsideColor = Options.DefaultBorderColor
End With
'DOCUMENT CONTENT
'Define table headings names
With wdtable.Rows(1)
.Range.Font.Bold = True
.Cells(1).Range.Text = "Page"
.Cells(2).Range.Text = "Comment scope"
.Cells(3).Range.Text = "Comment text"
.Cells(4).Range.Text = "Author"
.Cells(5).Range.Text = "Parexel response"
End With
'Insert information from the comments in ppt into the wddoc table
For n = 1 To nCount
With wdtable.Rows(n + 1)
'Page number
.Cells(1).Range.Text = _
ppt.Comments(n).Scope.Information(wdActiveEndPageNumber)
'The text marked by the comment
.Cells(2).Range.Text = ppt.Comments(n).Scope
'The comment itself
.Cells(3).Range.Text = ppt.Comments(n).Range.Text
'The comment author
.Cells(4).Range.Text = ppt.Comments(n).Author
End With
Next n
ScreenUpdating = True
Application.ScreenRefresh
wddoc.Activate
Set ppt = Nothing
Set wddoc = Nothing
Set wdtable = Nothing
End Sub
Your code will fail at:
ActivePresentation.Comments.Count
since Comments are not a Presentation property. And, once you get over that hurdle, your code will fail at:
.Scope.Information(wdActiveEndPageNumber)
since PowerPoint Comments don't have a scope property and, even if they did, '.Information(wdActiveEndPageNumber)' refers to a Word constant, not a PowerPoint one.
You can't simply take VBA methods, properties, and constants that apply to one application and assume they apply to another in the same way. You need to develop your PowerPoint code using valid PowerPoint methods, properties, and constants.
For some code to get you started on the right tack, see: http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00900_Export_comments_to_a_text_file_-PowerPoint_2002_and_later-.htm
I am trying to add captions to a word document, using VBA. I am using the following code. The data starts off as tables in an Excel spreadsheet, with one per sheet. We are trying to generate a list of tables in the word document.
The following code loads starts editing a word template:
Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
objWord.Visible = True
Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Add("Template path")
' Moving to end of word document
objWord.Selection.EndKey END_OF_STORY, MOVE_SELECTION
' Insert title
objWord.Selection.Font.Size = "16"
objWord.Selection.Font.Bold = True
objWord.Selection.TypeText ("Document name")
objWord.Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = 12
objWord.Selection.InsertParagraphAfter
The following code loops through the sheets in the worksheet and adds the tables and headers.
' Declaring variables
Dim Wbk As Workbook
Dim Ws As Worksheet
Dim END_OF_STORY As Integer: END_OF_STORY = 6
Dim MOVE_SELECTION As Integer: MOVE_SELECTION = 0
Dim LastRow As Integer
Dim LastColumn As Integer
Dim TableCount As Integer
Dim sectionTitle As String: sectionTitle = " "
' Loading workbook
Set Wbk = Workbooks.Open(inputFileName)
' Moving to end of word document
objWord.Selection.EndKey END_OF_STORY, MOVE_SELECTION
' Looping through all spreadsheets in workbook
For Each Ws In Wbk.Worksheets
' Empty Clipboard
Application.CutCopyMode = False
objWord.Selection.insertcaption Label:="Table", title:=": " & Ws.Range("B2").Text
In the cell B2, I have the following text: "Table 1: Summary". I am hoping for the word document to have a header which reflects this text. The problem is the table number is repeated twice, and I get output: "Table 1: Table 1: Summary". I tried the following alterations, both of which resulted in errors:
objWord.Selection.insertcaption Label:="", title:="" & Ws.Range("B2").Text
objWord.Selection.insertcaption Label:= Ws.Range("B2").Text
What am I doing wrong, and more generally how does the insertcaption method work?
I have tried reading this, but am confused by the syntax.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vba/word-vba/articles/selection-insertcaption-method-word
One of the built-in features of using the Caption style in MS Word is the automatic numbering it applies and dynamically adjust in your document. You are explicitly trying to manage the table numbering yourself - which is fine - but you'll then have to un-do some of Word's automatic helpful numbering in your code.
Working from Excel, I've tested the code below to set up a test document with Captions and then a quick routine to remove the automatic part of the label. This example code works as a stand-alone test to illustrate how I worked it, leaving it to you to adapt to your own code.
The initial test sub simply establishes the Word.Application and Document objects, then creates three tables with following paragraphs. Each of the tables has it's own caption (which shows the doubled up label, due to the automatic labeling from Word). The code throws up a MsgBox to pause so you can take a look at the document before it's modified.
Then the code goes back and searches the entire document for any Caption styles and examines the text within the style to find the double label. I made the assumption that a double label is present if there are two colons ":" detected in the caption text. The first label (up to and past the first colon) is removed and the text replaced. With that, the resulting document looks like this:
The code:
Option Explicit
Sub test()
Dim objWord As Object
Dim objDoc As Object
Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
objWord.Visible = True
Set objDoc = objWord.documents.Add
Dim newTable As Object
Set newTable = objDoc.Tables.Add(Range:=objDoc.Range, NumRows:=3, NumColumns:=1)
newTable.Borders.Enable = True
newTable.Range.InsertCaption Label:="Table", Title:=": Table 1: summary xx"
objDoc.Range.InsertParagraphAfter
objDoc.Range.InsertAfter "Lorem ipsum"
objDoc.Characters.Last.Select
objWord.Selection.Collapse
Set newTable = objDoc.Tables.Add(Range:=objWord.Selection.Range, NumRows:=3, NumColumns:=2)
newTable.Range.InsertCaption Label:="Table", Title:=": Table 2: summary yy"
newTable.Borders.Enable = True
objDoc.Range.InsertParagraphAfter
objDoc.Range.InsertAfter "Lorem ipsum"
objDoc.Characters.Last.Select
objWord.Selection.Collapse
Set newTable = objDoc.Tables.Add(Range:=objWord.Selection.Range, NumRows:=3, NumColumns:=3)
newTable.Range.InsertCaption Label:="Table", Title:=": Table 3: summary zz"
newTable.Borders.Enable = True
objDoc.Range.InsertParagraphAfter
objDoc.Range.InsertAfter "Lorem ipsum"
MsgBox "document created. hit OK to continue"
RemoveAutoCaptionLabel objWord
Debug.Print "-----------------"
End Sub
Sub RemoveAutoCaptionLabel(ByRef objWord As Object)
objWord.Selection.HomeKey 6 'wdStory=6
With objWord.Selection.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Replacement.ClearFormatting
.Style = "Caption"
.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = 1 'wdFindContinue=1
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
Do While .Execute()
RemoveDoubleLable objWord.Selection.Range
objWord.Selection.Collapse 0 'wdCollapseEnd=0
Loop
End With
End Sub
Sub RemoveDoubleLable(ByRef capRange As Object)
Dim temp As String
Dim pos1 As Long
Dim pos2 As Long
temp = capRange.Text
pos1 = InStr(1, temp, ":", vbTextCompare)
pos2 = InStr(pos1 + 1, temp, ":", vbTextCompare)
If (pos1 > 0) And (pos2 > 0) Then
temp = Trim$(Right$(temp, Len(temp) - pos1 - 1))
capRange.Text = temp
End If
End Sub
I would like to copy some excel data in to a word document using VBA
The excel data is build for print area A3. After creating a word document, I am trying to set up paper size for new word document to A3. It is giving me a run time error
Run time error '5889'
Requested PaperSize is not available on the currently selected printer
VBA Code that I am using
Set obj = CreateObject("Word.Application")
obj.Visible = True
Set newobj = obj.Documents.Add
newobj.ActiveWindow.Selection.PageSetup.PaperSize = wdPaperA3
Sheets("Page1").Activate
Range("A1:Q18").Copy
newobj.ActiveWindow.Selection.PasteExcelTable False, False, True
newobj.ActiveWindow.Selection.InsertBreak Type:=7
Tried a different approach that is also giving me the same error
On Error Resume Next
Set wdApp = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
If wdApp Is Nothing Then
Set wdApp = GetObject("", "Word.Application")
End If
With wdApp
.Documents.Add
.Visible = True
End With
With wdApp.Selection
.PageSetup.Orientation = wdOrientPortrait
.PageSetup.PaperSize = wdPaperA3
.PageSetup.MirrorMargins = wdNarrow
.PasteSpecial , Link:=False, DataType:=14, _
DisplayAsIcon:=False
End With
Set wdApp = Nothing
I have several word files. They are build like this
text
text
text
Name: Mick
Date: 1-1-1
text
text
Item: Item11 material: Gold
text
text
I am building a macro that can open a word file, put the name in Cell A1 and put the item in Cell A2. I have found a code on internet and adjusted it a little. The following code makes a selection from the beginning of the word doc until a word is found and copies that selection in a given cell.
I hope someone can show me how i can adjust this so the selection begins right before the needed value an stops after it
code below is for item:
Dim wdApp As Object, wdDoc As Object, wdRng As Object
Set wdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
With wdApp
.Visible = True
Set wdDoc = .Documents.Open("path", False, True, False)
With wdDoc
Set wdRng = .Range(0, 0)
With .Range
With .Find
.Text = "material"
.Forward = True
.MatchWholeWord = True
.MatchCase = True
.Execute
End With
If .Find.found = True Then
wdRng.End = .Duplicate.Start
Sheets("sheet1").Range("A2").value = wdRng
End If
End With
.Close False
End With
.Quit
End With
Set wdRng = Nothing: Set wdDoc = Nothing: Set wdApp = Nothing
Anyone any suggestions?
Try the procedure below. It will open the specified Word document, parse the required values via Regular Expressions, place those values into cells A1 and A2, and then close the Word document.
When calling the procedure, specify the full path and filename of the Word document.
For example: SetNameAndItem "C:\Temp\Doc1.docx"
Public Sub SetNameAndItem(strPath As String)
Dim wdApp As Object: Set wdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Dim wdDoc As Object: Set wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(strPath, False, True, False)
Dim objRegEx As Object: Set objRegEx = CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")
Dim objMatches As Object
On Error GoTo ProcError
With objRegEx
.Global = False
.MultiLine = True
.IgnoreCase = False
.Pattern = "^Name:\s(.*?)$"
End With
Set objMatches = objRegEx.Execute(wdDoc.Content)
If objMatches.Count = 0 Then
Debug.Print "Name: No match."
Else
Range("A1").Value = objMatches(0).SubMatches(0)
End If
objRegEx.Pattern = "^Item:\s(.*?)\smaterial"
Set objMatches = objRegEx.Execute(wdDoc.Content)
If objMatches.Count = 0 Then
Debug.Print "Item: No match."
Else
Range("A2").Value = objMatches(0).SubMatches(0)
End If
ProcExit:
On Error Resume Next
wdDoc.Close False
wdApp.Quit
Set objMatches = Nothing
Set objRegEx = Nothing
Set wdDoc = Nothing
Set wdApp = Nothing
Exit Sub
ProcError:
MsgBox "Error# " & Err.Number & vbCrLf & Err.Description, , "SetNameAndItem"
Resume ProcExit
End Sub
Result:
Note: Please ensure that the line breaks in your Word document consist of the normal Carriage Return / Line Feed character combination (the results of pressing pressing the Enter key). When I copied/pasted the text from your Question, the document looked as expected, but what appeared to be line feeds were actually Vertical Tab characters, so the Regular Expressions did not work. I'm not saying there was any error on your part, it's probably an artifact of pasting text the web page. Just something to be aware of.
UPDATE:
If the Regular Expressions in the above code don't work, then perhaps it was not a copy/paste issue after all, and you really do have Vertical Tab characters in your document. If that's the case, try modifying the SetNameAndItem procedure in the Excel VBA code as follows.
Replace these two lines (which use ^ and $ to represent start and end of line, respectively):
.Pattern = "^Name:\s(.*?)$"
objRegEx.Pattern = "^Item:\s(.*?)\smaterial"
With these two lines (which use \v to represent vertical tab):
.Pattern = "\vName:\s(.*?)\v"
objRegEx.Pattern = "\vItem:\s(.*?)\smaterial"
Here is a possible solution of your problem:
Use this function to read the word file:
Option Explicit
Public Function f_my_story() as string
Dim wdApp As Object
Dim wdDoc As Object
Set wdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
With wdApp
.Visible = True
Set wdDoc = .Documents.Open("C:\Users\v\Desktop\text.docx", False, True, False)
f_my_story = wdDoc.Range(0, wdDoc.Range.End)
wdDoc.Close False
.Quit
End With
End Function
Once you have read the file, you get a string. Now you need a macro, which separates the string by space and it returns the values, that are after the values you are looking for.
You can write those values anywhere you want.