I'm trying to find all occurences of certain words in a Word document and erase it but for a reason I don't know, it doesn't erase the words that are in textboxes.
(Note: these are Drawing object textboxes, inserted from a Building Block.)
Here is my code:
Dim myRange As Range
For i = LBound(arr) To UBound(arr)
Set myRange = Selection.Range
myRange.WholeStory
myRange.Select
With objWord.Selection.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Text = arr(i)
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With
Next i
I tried to add a bit of code to search through the shapes of the word document because I saw it online but it didn't work either.
It looked like this:
Dim myRange As Range
Dim shp As Shape
For i = LBound(arr) To UBound(arr)
Set myRange = Selection.Range
myRange.WholeStory
myRange.Select
With objWord.Selection.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Text = arr(i)
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With
For Each shp In ActiveDocument.Shapes
If shp.Type = msoTextBox Then
shp.Select
With Selection.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Text = arr(i)
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With
End If
Next
Next i
These kinds of text boxes are Drawing objects, so your attempt using the Shapes collection was a good start. In order to get to the text range inside a Shape (drawing object) you need the Shape.TextFrame.TextRange property.
I've "tweaked" the code you posted to work from outside of Word:
I fully qualified the Word objects; in order to use the code as it stands it requires a reference to the Word object library in the VBA project.
I've qualified the Word ActiveDocument object with the Word application variable objWord
I've substituted your Range object (myRange) for Selection.Find and set that to the entire body of the Word document
I changed the Find.Wrap setting to wdFindStop because wdFindContinue is very dangerous in VBA (it can go into an infinite loop)
This should get you going.
Sub FindInTextBoxes()
Dim myRange As Word.Range
Dim shp As Word.Shape
Dim shpRange As Word.Range
Dim objWord as Word.Application
Set objWord = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
'Assumes the document is already open in Word
For i = LBound(arr) To UBound(arr)
Set myRange = objWord.ActiveDocument.Content
With myRange.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Text = arr(i)
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.wrap = wdFindStop
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With
For Each shp In obWord.ActiveDocument.Shapes
If shp.Type = Office.MsoShapeType.msoTextBox Then
Set shpRange = shp.TextFrame.TextRange
With shpRange.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Text = arr(i)
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.wrap = wdFindStop
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With
End If
Next
Next i
End Sub
Related
I have a Word macro that does hundreds of find and replace operations, but currently it applies the operations to the entire document. I need it to only apply to text between "Abstract" (bold, match case) and "References" (bold, match case).
The current code applies changes to the whole document, and then at the end of the macro, it retrospectively rejects any changes to the References with the following code:
With Selection.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Font.Bold = True
.MatchCase = True
.Forward = True
.Execute FindText:="References"
If .Found = True Then
Selection.Find.Execute
Selection.Collapse wdCollapseStart
Dim r1 As Range
Set r1 = Selection.Range
Selection.Find.Text = "DummyText"
Selection.WholeStory
Selection.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
Dim r2 As Range
Set r2 = ActiveDocument.Range(r1.start, Selection.start)
r2.Select
If Selection.Range.Revisions.Count >= 1 Then _
Selection.Range.Revisions.RejectAll
End If
End With
This selects the text between "References" in bold and "DummyText", which is just some text that's guaranteed not to be found so it selects to the end of the document, and then rejects any changes within that selection.
I've tried adapting this and putting it at the start of the macro so that all the find and replace operations only apply to the selection between the Abstract and the References like this:
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "Abstract"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = True
.Font.Bold = True
.MatchCase = True
.MatchWholeWord = True
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
Selection.Collapse wdCollapseStart
Dim r1 As Range
Set r1 = Selection.Range
Selection.Find.Text = "References"
Dim r2 As Range
Set r2 = ActiveDocument.Range(r1.start, Selection.start)
r2.Select
' Move cursor to start, turn on tracked changes
Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions = True
With ActiveWindow.View.RevisionsFilter
.markup = wdRevisionsMarkupSimple
.View = wdRevisionsViewFinal
End With
' start replacements (these go on for ages, two examples here)
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "Also "
.Replacement.Text = "Additionally, "
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.Format = False
.MatchCase = True
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
With Selection.Find
.Text = "Therefore "
.Replacement.Text = "Therefore, "
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.Format = False
.MatchCase = True
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
' and so on...
Other threads I've read seem to suggest
.Wrap = wdFindStop
in the replace fields would do what I want, but that doesn't work.
Can anybody help? Cheers.
For example:
Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim Rng As Range
With ActiveDocument.Range
With .Find
.ClearFormatting
.Replacement.ClearFormatting
.Text = "Abstract"
.Font.Bold = True
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.MatchWildcards = True
End With
Do While .Find.Execute
Set Rng = .Duplicate
With .Duplicate
.End = ActiveDocument.Range.End
With .Find
.ClearFormatting
.Replacement.ClearFormatting
.Text = "References"
.Font.Bold = True
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.MatchWildcards = True
.Execute
End With
If .Find.Found = True Then
Rng.End = .Duplicate.End
Rng.Revisions.RejectAll
End If
End With
Loop
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
The above code accommodates multiple 'Abstract' and 'References' blocks, if needed.
You need to use multiple ranges. Once you have established the range to search then if you find something, the first thing you must do is make sure what you found is within the range. The example code below does that.
Sub FindInRange()
Dim rng As Word.Range, rStart As Long, rEnd As Long
Dim iRng As Word.Range
Set rng = ActiveDocument.Content
With rng.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Format = True
.Forward = True
.Font.Bold = True
.MatchCase = True
.MatchWholeWord = True
.Text = "Abstract"
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.Execute
If .found = True Then
rStart = rng.End
rng.Collapse Word.WdCollapseDirection.wdCollapseEnd
.Text = "References"
.Execute
If .found Then
rEnd = rng.Start
End If
End If
End With
If rStart > 0 And rEnd > 0 Then
Set iRng = rng
iRng.Start = rStart
iRng.End = rEnd
Else
Exit Sub
End If
Set rng = iRng
With rng.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Format = True
.Forward = True
.Font.Bold = True
.MatchCase = True
.MatchWholeWord = True
.Text = "Something"
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.Execute
If .found = True And rng.InRange(iRng) Then
'do something
End If
End With
End Sub
So I'm a total newbie when it comes to using VB. I am trying to highlight a word when it is not followed by another specific word within the next two words. I tried the following code but it seems to just the first word. Many thanks in advance.
Sub fek()
'
'
'
'
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "n."
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = True
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
If Selection.Find.Found = True Then
With Selection.Range
.MoveStart wdWord, 2
End With
With Selection.Find
.Text = "fek"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = True
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
End If
If Selection.Find.Found = False Then
Selection.Range.HighlightColorIndex = wdYellow
End If
End Sub
The code below should do what you want. You need to bear in mind that what Word defines as a Word can be different to what a human would, e.g. an IP address is counted as 7 words!
Sub fek()
Dim findRange As Range
Dim nextWords As Range
Set findRange = ActiveDocument.Content
With findRange.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Text = "n."
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.Format = False
.MatchCase = True
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
Do While .Execute = True
'findRange is now the range of the match so set nextWords to the 2 next words
Set nextWords = findRange.Next(wdWord)
nextWords.MoveEnd wdWord, 3
'look for the specific text in the next two words
If InStr(nextWords.Text, "fek") = 0 Then findRange.HighlightColorIndex = wdYellow
'collapse and move findRange to the end of the match
findRange.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
findRange.Move wdWord, 4
Loop
End With
End Sub
The following would probably be significantly faster if there are many 'n.' strings in the document:
Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim i As Long
i = Options.DefaultHighlightColorIndex
Options.DefaultHighlightColorIndex = wdYellow
With ActiveDocument.Range
With .Find
.Forward = True
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.MatchWildcards = True
.ClearFormatting
.Replacement.ClearFormatting
.Replacement.Highlight = True
.Text = "n."
.Replacement.Text = "^&"
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
.Replacement.Highlight = False
.Text = "n.[^s ]#fek"
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
.Text = "n.[^s ]#[!^s ]#fek"
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
.Text = "n.[^s ]<[!^s ]#>[^s ]#fek"
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
.Text = "n.[^s ]<[!^s ]#>[^s ]#[!^s ]#fek"
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With
End With
Options.DefaultHighlightColorIndex = i
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
I would like to search for and highlight two words--say, "box" and "blue"--throughout a Word document. But I only want to highlight the first instance of each word in each paragraph. Sometimes in my document, the word "box" pops up 6 or 7 times in a paragraph, and that's too much. I just want to know the paragraph involves the word "box" with a single highlight.
I can search for all the instances of these two words with the code below. Unfortunately, however, my attempts at doing what I say above have been so disastrous that I am embarrassed to write more code than what works below.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Code:
Sub BoxBlue()
Dim range As range
Dim i as Long
Dim tlist
tlist = array("box", "blue")
For i = 0 to UBound(tlist)
Set range = ActiveDocument.range
With range.Find
.Text = tlist(i)
.Format = True
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
Do While .Execute(Forward:=True) = True
range.HighlightColorIndex=wdYellow
Loop
End With
Next
End Sub
Try:
Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim i As Long, ArrFnd()
ArrFnd = Array("box", "blue")
For i = 0 To UBound(ArrFnd)
With ActiveDocument.Range
With .Find
.ClearFormatting
.Replacement.ClearFormatting
.Text = ArrFnd(i)
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = True
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.Execute
End With
Do While .Find.Found = True
.HighlightColorIndex = wdYellow
.End = .Paragraphs.Last.Range.End
.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
.Find.Execute
Loop
End With
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
I am using the following code to bold parts of a text string, in this case where the word 'Fish' is in brackets after the word 'Oil':
Sub ReplaceAndFormat16()
Dim sConst1 As String, sReplaceMent As String
Dim rRange As Range, rFormat As Range
sConst1 = "Fish"
sReplaceMent = "Oil (" & sConst1 & ")"
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "Oil (Fish)"
.Replacement.Text = sReplaceMent
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = True
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
If .Found Then
Set rRange = Selection.Range
Set rFormat = ActiveDocument.Range(rRange.Start + 5, rRange.Start + 5 + VBA.Len(sConst1))
rFormat.Font.Bold = True
End If
End With
End Sub
This code works perfectly, but only bolds the first instance, and my documents may have up to four instances of this phrase that need to be formatted bold.
How do I amend the code so it carries on and bolds all instances in the document? I am very new to VBA, so apologies if this seems like a stupid question.
Change the line
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
to
.execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
Edit
OK the above was a stupid response. The code below does the right thing
Sub ReplaceAndFormat16()
Const myFindStr As String = "Oil (Fish)"
Dim myFindRange As Word.Range
Set myFindRange = ActiveDocument.StoryRanges(wdMainTextStory)
Do
With myFindRange.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Text = myFindStr
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.Execute
If .Found Then
With myFindRange
.MoveStartUntil cset:="fF"
.MoveEndUntil cset:="hH", Count:=wdBackward
.Font.Bold = True
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End With
Else
Exit Sub
End If
End With
Loop
End Sub
I'm writing a macro (in excel) that uses .docx template and replaces strings with the values from excel file. Everything works fine except the fact that the format of pasted value is the same as of replaced string (in this case all pasted value is in uppercase), not the value format from excel. How could I change this code so the pasted value will keep its' format from excel?
Sub fromexcel()
Dim wb As Workbook
Set wb = ThisWorkbook
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set ws = wb.Sheets(1)
Dim objWord
Dim objDoc
Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Open("\\xxxxx\Template.docx")
objWord.Visible = True
objDoc.Activate
With objDoc.Range.Find
If ws.Range("B13").Value <> "" Then
objDoc.FormFields(3).CheckBox.Value = True
.Text = "AAAAA"
.ClearFormatting
.Replacement.Text = ws.Range("B13").Value
.Replacement.ClearFormatting
.Replacement.Font.Italic = False
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
Else:
.Text = "AAAAA"
.ClearFormatting
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Replacement.ClearFormatting
.Replacement.Font.Italic = False
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End If
I tried different combinations with or without ".ClearFormatting" and .format = true/false but nothing seems to work.