I am currently trying to write a function in Excel that generates a report in Word. The function will involve multiple iterations within it as it tries to solve a particular problem. I, however, need to make tables for each iteration. I have tried to place the tables by using the start and end of the range as the total number of characters. However, after isolating the problem it seems that the Compute statistics function returns the number of words instead of characters.
How do I get the correct total character count?
Here is an example of a part of my code.
Function Asci()
Dim objWord
Dim objDoc
Dim objSelection
Dim a(1 To 2, 1 To 2) As Double
Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Add
objWord.Visible = True
Set objSelection = objWord.Selection
for x = 1 to 3
objSelection.TypeText (qq & " Some text ------- " & q & Chr(11))
a(1, 1) = 1
a(1, 2) = 2
a(2, 1) = 3
a(2, 2) = 4
charCount = objWord.ActiveDocument.Range.ComputeStatistics(Statistic:=wdStatisticCharactersWithSpaces)
Set myRange = objWord.ActiveDocument.Range(Start:=charCount, End:=charCount)
objWord.ActiveDocument.Tables.Add Range:=myRange, NumRows:=2, NumColumns:=2
objWord.ActiveDocument.Tables(x).Cell(1, 1).Range.Text = "Element"
objWord.ActiveDocument.Tables(x).Cell(1, 2).Range.Text = "Effective Length"
objWord.ActiveDocument.Tables(x).Cell(2, 1).Range.Text = "Distance"
objWord.ActiveDocument.Tables(x).Cell(2, 2).Range.Text = "Moment of Inertia"
Next
End Function
When isolating the problem
Function Asci()
Dim objWord
Dim objDoc
Dim objSelection
Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Add
objWord.Visible = True
Set objSelection = objWord.Selection
objSelection.TypeText (" Some text ------" & Chr(11))
charCount = objWord.ActiveDocument.Range.ComputeStatistics(wdStatisticCharactersWithSpaces)
objSelection.TypeText ("count " & charCount)
objDoc.SaveAs ("C:\Save")
End Function
I get the number of words rather than the number of characters.
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I am writing a vba macro for a word document. I use vba macro to generate textbox and text to the word document. The issue is that the textbox moves to the top of last page instead of staying on the first page.
I don't know what i am doing wrong. All i need is for that textbox to remain on the first page. I really need to include the textbox.
below is my code and the output image
Dim wrdDoc As Object
Dim tmpDoc As Object
Dim WDoc As String
Dim myDoc As String
myDoc = "myTest"
WDoc = ThisDocument.Path & "\mydocument.docx"
On Error Resume Next
Set wdApp = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
If wdApp Is Nothing Then
' no current word application
Set wdApp = CreateObject("Word.application")
Set wrdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(WDoc)
wdApp.Visible = True
Else
' word app running
For Each tmpDoc In wdApp.Documents
If StrComp(tmpDoc.FullName, WDoc, vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
' this is your doc
Set wrdDoc = tmpDoc
Exit For
End If
Next
If wrdDoc Is Nothing Then
' not open
Set wrdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(WDoc)
End If
End If
ActiveDocument.Content.Select
Selection.Delete
With wdApp
.Visible = True
.Activate
With .Selection
Dim objShape As Word.Shape
Set objShape2 = ActiveDocument.Shapes.addTextbox _
(Orientation:=msoTextOrientationHorizontal, _
Left:=400, Top:=100, Width:=250, Height:=60)
With objShape2
.RelativeHorizontalPosition = wdRelativeHorizontalPositionColumn
.RelativeVerticalPosition = wdRelativeVerticalPositionMargin
.Left = wdShapeRight
.Top = wdShapeTop
.TextFrame.TextRange = "This is nice and shine" & vbCrLf & "222"
.TextFrame.TextRange.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphLeft
End With
End With
With .Selection
.TypeParagraph
.TypeParagraph
.TypeParagraph
.TypeParagraph
.TypeParagraph
.TypeParagraph
.TypeParagraph
For i = 1 To 40
.TypeText i
.TypeParagraph
Next i
End With
End With
Word Shape objects must be anchored to a character position in the Word document. They will always appear on the page where the anchor character is and, if the anchor formatting is not to the page, they will move relatively on the page with the anchor character.
A special case ensues when a document is "empty" (a lone paragraph), so it helps to make sure the document has more than one character in it. In the code sample below an additional paragraph is inserted before adding the TextBox - to the first paragraph.
I've made some other adjustments to the code:
Added On Error GoTo 0 so that error messages will appear. Otherwise, debugging becomes impossible.
Removed the With for the Word application since it's not necessary when using Word objects
Declared and use a Word Range object for inserting content. As with Excel, it's better to not work with Selection whenever possible.
Used the wrdDoc object you declare and instantiate instead of ActiveDocument.
This code worked fine in my test, but I cannot, of course, repro your entire environment.
Dim wrdDoc As Object
Dim tmpDoc As Object
Dim WDoc As String
Dim myDoc As String
myDoc = "myTest"
WDoc = ThisDocument.Path & "\mydocument.docx"
On Error Resume Next
Set wdApp = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
On Error GoTo 0
If wdApp Is Nothing Then
' no current word application
Set wdApp = CreateObject("Word.application")
Set wrdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(WDoc)
wdApp.Visible = True
Else
' word app running
For Each tmpDoc In wdApp.Documents
If StrComp(tmpDoc.FullName, WDoc, vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
' this is your doc
Set wrdDoc = tmpDoc
Exit For
End If
Next
If wrdDoc Is Nothing Then
' not open
Set wrdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(WDoc)
End If
End If
wdApp.Visible = True
wrdApp.Activate
Dim i As Long
Dim objShape2 As Word.Shape
Dim rng As Word.Range
Set rng = wrdDoc.Content
rng.Delete
With rng
.InsertAfter vbCr
.Collapse wdCollapseStart
Set objShape2 = ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddTextbox _
(Orientation:=msoTextOrientationHorizontal, _
Left:=400, Top:=100, Width:=250, Height:=60, Anchor:=rng)
With objShape2
.RelativeHorizontalPosition = wdRelativeHorizontalPositionColumn
.RelativeVerticalPosition = wdRelativeVerticalPositionMargin
.Left = wdShapeRight
.Top = wdShapeTop
.TextFrame.TextRange = "This is nice and shine" & vbCrLf & "222"
.TextFrame.TextRange.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphLeft
End With
rng.Start = ActiveDocument.Content.End
For i = 1 To 40
.Text = i & vbCr
.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
Next i
End With
Another solution for you to look at.
'12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789
'========1=========2=========3=========4=========5=========6=========7=========8=========9=========A=========B=========C
Option Explicit
Sub textboxtest()
Const my_doc_name As String = "mydocument.docx"
Dim my_fso As Scripting.FileSystemObject
Dim my_doc As Word.Document
Dim my_range As Word.Range
Dim counter As Long
Dim my_text_box As Word.Shape
Dim my_shape_range As Word.ShapeRange
' There is no need to test for the Word app existing
' if this macro is in a Word template or Document
' because to run the macro Word MUST be loaded
Set my_fso = New Scripting.FileSystemObject
If my_fso.FileExists(ThisDocument.Path & "\" & my_doc_name) Then
Set my_doc = Documents.Open(ThisDocument.Path & "\" & my_doc_name)
Else
Set my_doc = Documents.Add
my_doc.SaveAs2 ThisDocument.Path & "\" & my_doc_name
End If
my_doc.Activate ' Although it should already be visible
my_doc.content.Delete
Set my_text_box = my_doc.Shapes.AddTextbox( _
Orientation:=msoTextOrientationHorizontal, _
left:=400, _
top:=100, _
Width:=250, _
Height:=60)
With my_text_box
.Name = "TextBox1"
.RelativeHorizontalPosition = wdRelativeHorizontalPositionColumn
.RelativeVerticalPosition = wdRelativeVerticalPositionMargin
.left = wdShapeRight
.top = wdShapeTop
With .TextFrame
.TextRange = "This is nice and shine" & vbCrLf & "222"
.TextRange.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphLeft
End With
End With
Set my_range = my_text_box.Parent.Paragraphs(1).Range
'FROM
'
' https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/word.shape'
' Every Shape object is anchored to a range of text. A shape is anchored
' to the beginning of the first paragraph that contains the anchoring
' range. The shape will always remain on the same page as its anchor.
my_range.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
With my_range
For counter = 1 To 90
.Text = counter
.InsertParagraphAfter
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
Next
End With
End Sub
I have a function to create a table in my Word document.
Running first Main in WordManager assigns objWord and objDoc. Running FnAddTableToWordDocument in WordFormating works on the first run but fails every time on the second run.
The error I get is the following:
Run-time error 6028
The range cannot be deleted
On line:
objDoc.Tables.Add objRange, intNoOfRows, intNoOfColumns
Two Modules:
Module #1 - WordManager:
Module WordManager
Public objWord As Word.Application
Public objDoc As Word.Document
Sub Main() ' This is to be replaced by a call from the actual CA tool.
Call initWordManager("[string path]", "test2.doc")
End Sub
Sub initWordManager(Path, Name)
sFilePath = Path
sFileName = Name
Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
objWord.Visible = True
Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Add
End Sub
Module #2 - WordFormating:
Function FnAddTableToWordDocument()
Dim intNoOfRows
Dim intNoOfColumns
Dim objRange
Dim objTable
intNoOfRows = 5
intNoOfColumns = 3
objWord.Visible = True
Set objRange = objDoc.Range
objDoc.Tables.Add objRange, intNoOfRows, intNoOfColumns
Set objTable = objDoc.Tables(1)
objTable.Borders.Enable = True
For i = 1 To intNoOfRows
For j = 1 To intNoOfColumns
objTable.Cell(i, j).Range.Text = "Sumit_" & i & j
Next
Next
End Function
Setting a more specific range solved the issue.
Set objRange = objDoc.Range(Start:=0, End:=0)
Does not give multiple tables but at least it does not cause an error.
I'm trying to create word document from content in Excel.
When I tryto add header/footer in the word, I'm getting an error "Run Time Error 5941 : The requested member of the collection does not exist" on line .Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).Range.Text = "Header text". Please suggest how I can work with this?
Sub CreateFAQWord()
Dim myRow As Long
Dim objWord As Object
Dim objDoc As Object
Dim question As String
Dim answer As String
Dim rng As Range
Dim i As Long
Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
objWord.Visible = True
Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Add()
objWord.Selection.Style = objDoc.Styles("Title")
objWord.Selection.Paragraphs.Alignment = 1
objWord.Selection.TypeText Text:="Title"
objWord.Selection.TypeParagraph
objWord.Selection.TypeParagraph
With objDoc
.Styles.Add ("BoldNormal")
With .Styles("BoldNormal").Font
.Name = "Calibri"
.Size = 11
.Bold = True
.Italic = True
.Underline = False
End With
End With
myRow = 2
' Value 2 here is the column in which questions are present. Change accordingly
While Cells(myRow, 2).Value <> ""
' Value 9 here is the column in which Yes/No is present. Change accordingly
If Cells(myRow, 9) = "Yes" Then
objDoc.Activate
question = Cells(myRow, 2)
answer = Cells(myRow, 3)
objWord.Selection.Style = objDoc.Styles("BoldNormal")
objWord.Selection.TypeText Text:=question
objWord.Selection.TypeParagraph
objWord.Selection.Style = objDoc.Styles("Normal")
objWord.Selection.TypeText Text:=answer
objWord.Selection.TypeParagraph
objWord.Selection.TypeParagraph
End If
myRow = myRow + 1
Wend
For i = 1 To objDoc.Sections.Count
With objDoc.Sections(i)
.Headers(wdHeaderFooterIndex.wdHeaderFooterPrimary).Range.Text = "Header text"
.Footers(wdHeaderFooterIndex.wdHeaderFooterPrimary).Range.Text = "Footer text"
End With
Next
' Change the location path of where you want the document to be saved as needed
objDoc.SaveAs "C:\Users\2021282\Desktop\FAQ"
End Sub
I do not think you can use .Range.Text
Instead try to assign a reference to a range object. To make this work you need to add the "Microsoft Word XX.X Object Library" under references.
Dim objRange as Word.Range
For i = 1 To objDoc.Sections.Count
With objDoc.Sections(i)
Set objRange = .Headers(wdHeaderFooterIndex.wdHeaderFooterPrimary).Range
objRange = "Header Text"
Set objRange = Nothing
Set objRange = .Footers(wdHeaderFooterIndex.wdHeaderFooterPrimary).Range
objRange = "Footer text"
Set objRange = Nothing
End With
Next
I regularly have to create documents at work and within the company we almost have a language of our own due to the number of acronyms and abbreviations we use. Consequently I got tired of manually creating an Acronym and abbreviation table before I could publish the document and a quick google search came across a macro that would effectively do it for me. (modified code shown below)
I modified this macro so that the table was pasted into the location of the cursor in the original document (this may not be the msot efficient way, but it was the simplest i could think of as I am not a VBA expert).
Since then I have realised that there must be a simple way to further speed up this process by automatically including the definitions as well. I have an excel spreadsheet with the Acronym in the first column and its definition in the second.
So far I have been able to get as far as opening the excel document but cannot seem to get a search which will return the row number and consequently use this to copy the contents of the definition cell next to it into the corresponding definition section of the table in Word.
** edit - extra explanation **
The current macro searches the word document and finds all the acronyms that have been used and places them in a table in a seperate word document. What i wish to do is have it also then search an excel file (pre-existing) for the definition of each of the found acronyms and add them also to the table or if they are new leave it blank. Finally the macro copies this table back into the original document.
This code currently fails saying the .Find function is not defined? (I have kept the code seperate for now to keep testing simple)
Dim objExcel As Object
Dim objWbk As Object
Dim objDoc As Document
Dim rngSearch As Range
Dim rngFound As Range
Set objDoc = ActiveDocument
Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set objWbk = objExcel.Workbooks.Open("P:\ENGINEERING\EL\Global Access\Abbreviations and Acronyms.xls")
objExcel.Visible = True
objWbk.Activate
With objExcel
With objWbk
Set rngSearch = objWbk.Range("A:A")
Set rngFound = rngSearch.Find(What:="AS345", LookIn:=xlValues, LookAt:=xlPart)
If rngFound Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "Not found"
Else
MsgBox rngFound.Row
End If
End With
End With
Err_Exit:
'clean up
Set BMRange = Nothing
Set objWbk = Nothing
objExcel.Visible = True
Set objExcel = Nothing
Set objDoc = Nothing
'MsgBox "The document has been updated"
Err_Handle:
If Err.Number = 429 Then 'excel not running; launch Excel
Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Resume Next
ElseIf Err.Number <> 0 Then
MsgBox "Error " & Err.Number & ": " & Err.Description
Resume Err_Exit
End If
End Sub
Acronym extraction code
Sub ExtractACRONYMSToNewDocument()
'=========================
'Macro created 2008 by Lene Fredborg, DocTools - www.thedoctools.com
'THIS MACRO IS COPYRIGHT. YOU ARE WELCOME TO USE THE MACRO BUT YOU MUST KEEP THE LINE ABOVE.
'YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PUBLISH THE MACRO AS YOUR OWN, IN WHOLE OR IN PART.
'=========================
'Modified in 2014 by David Mason to place the acronym table in the original document
'=========================
Dim oDoc_Source As Document
Dim oDoc_Target As Document
Dim strListSep As String
Dim strAcronym As String
Dim strDef As String
Dim oTable As Table
Dim oRange As Range
Dim n As Long
Dim strAllFound As String
Dim Title As String
Dim Msg As String
Title = "Extract Acronyms to New Document"
'Show msg - stop if user does not click Yes
Msg = "This macro finds all words consisting of 3 or more " & _
"uppercase letters and extracts the words to a table " & _
"in a new document where you can add definitions." & vbCr & vbCr & _
"Do you want to continue?"
If MsgBox(Msg, vbYesNo + vbQuestion, Title) <> vbYes Then
Exit Sub
End If
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
'Find the list separator from international settings
'May be a comma or semicolon depending on the country
strListSep = Application.International(wdListSeparator)
'Start a string to be used for storing names of acronyms found
strAllFound = "#"
Set oDoc_Source = ActiveDocument
'Create new document for acronyms
Set oDoc_Target = Documents.Add
With oDoc_Target
'Make sure document is empty
.Range = ""
'Insert info in header - change date format as you wish
'.PageSetup.TopMargin = CentimetersToPoints(3)
'.Sections(1).Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).Range.Text = _
' "Acronyms extracted from: " & oDoc_Source.FullName & vbCr & _
' "Created by: " & Application.UserName & vbCr & _
' "Creation date: " & Format(Date, "MMMM d, yyyy")
'Adjust the Normal style and Header style
With .Styles(wdStyleNormal)
.Font.Name = "Arial"
.Font.Size = 10
.ParagraphFormat.LeftIndent = 0
.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = 6
End With
With .Styles(wdStyleHeader)
.Font.Size = 8
.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = 0
End With
'Insert a table with room for acronym and definition
Set oTable = .Tables.Add(Range:=.Range, NumRows:=2, NumColumns:=2)
With oTable
'Format the table a bit
'Insert headings
.Range.Style = wdStyleNormal
.AllowAutoFit = False
.Cell(1, 1).Range.Text = "Acronym"
.Cell(1, 2).Range.Text = "Definition"
'.Cell(1, 3).Range.Text = "Page"
'Set row as heading row
.Rows(1).HeadingFormat = True
.Rows(1).Range.Font.Bold = True
.PreferredWidthType = wdPreferredWidthPercent
.Columns(1).PreferredWidth = 20
.Columns(2).PreferredWidth = 70
'.Columns(3).PreferredWidth = 10
End With
End With
With oDoc_Source
Set oRange = .Range
n = 1 'used to count below
With oRange.Find
'Use wildcard search to find strings consisting of 3 or more uppercase letters
'Set the search conditions
'NOTE: If you want to find acronyms with e.g. 2 or more letters,
'change 3 to 2 in the line below
.Text = "<[A-Z]{3" & strListSep & "}>"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.Format = False
.MatchCase = True
.MatchWildcards = True
'Perform the search
Do While .Execute
'Continue while found
strAcronym = oRange
'Insert in target doc
'If strAcronym is already in strAllFound, do not add again
If InStr(1, strAllFound, "#" & strAcronym & "#") = 0 Then
'Add new row in table from second acronym
If n > 1 Then oTable.Rows.Add
'Was not found before
strAllFound = strAllFound & strAcronym & "#"
'Insert in column 1 in oTable
'Compensate for heading row
With oTable
.Cell(n + 1, 1).Range.Text = strAcronym
'Insert page number in column 3
'.Cell(n + 1, 3).Range.Text = oRange.Information(wdActiveEndPageNumber)
End With
n = n + 1
End If
Loop
End With
End With
'Sort the acronyms alphabetically - skip if only 1 found
If n > 2 Then
With Selection
.Sort ExcludeHeader:=True, FieldNumber:="Column 1", SortFieldType _
:=wdSortFieldAlphanumeric, SortOrder:=wdSortOrderAscending
'Go to start of document
.HomeKey (wdStory)
End With
End If
'Copy the whole table, switch to the source document and past
'in the table at the original selection location
Selection.WholeStory
Selection.Copy
oDoc_Source.Activate
Selection.Paste
'make the target document active and close it down without saving
oDoc_Target.Activate
ActiveDocument.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
'If no acronyms found, show msg and close new document without saving
'Else keep open
If n = 1 Then
Msg = "No acronyms found."
oDoc_Target.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges
Else
Msg = "Finished extracting " & n - 1 & " acronymn(s) to a new document."
End If
MsgBox Msg, vbOKOnly, Title
'Clean up
Set oRange = Nothing
Set oDoc_Source = Nothing
Set oDoc_Target = Nothing
Set oTable = Nothing
End Sub
You are just missing the Worksheet Object.
Also With objExcel can be ommited since you already pass the Workbook Object to objWbk variable.
With objWbk.Sheets("NameOfYourSheet")
Set rngSearch = .Range(.Range("A1"), .Range("A" & .Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
Set rngFound = rngSearch.Find(What:="AS345", After:=.Range("A1"), LookAt:=xlWhole)
If rngFound Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "Not found"
Else
MsgBox rngFound.Row
End If
End With
In the above code, I assumed your Excel data have headers.
Edit1: Since you are Late Binding Excel, this should work:
With objWbk.Sheets("Sheet1")
Set rngSearch = .Range(.Range("A1"), .Range("A" & .Rows.Count).End(-4162))
Set rngFound = rngSearch.Find(What:="AS345", After:=.Range("A1"), LookAt:=1)
If rngFound Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "Not found"
Else
MsgBox rngFound.Row
End If
End With
Take note that we replaced xlUp with it's equivalent constant -4162 and xlWhole with 1.
To learn more about Early and Late Binding, check THIS out.
For additional information, you can also refer HERE.
Although it is dicussed in the link I provided, you might ask where do I get the constant?
Just open Excel or any other MS application you are binding then view Immediate Window - Ctrl+G
In the immediate window, type ? then the constant you want to get the numeric equivalent.
Example:
?xlUp
-4162
?xlWhole
1
?xlPart
2
Hope this somehow solves your problem.
So it would appear with some searching I found the solution to the problem. A big thank you to L42 who helped solve the problem regarding whether i was using Early or Late binding (I had no idea these were even different).
The remaining problem where the following error occured:
Compile Error: Named Argument not found
Was suprisingly easy to solve once I found the solution... you have to love hindsight. It turns out I had to define my two variables rngFound and rngSearch as objects. As soon as i made that change the code worked beautifully.
Here is the working code which I will then incorporate into my acronym macro. (will add the total code when complete)
Sub openExcel()
Dim objExcel As Object
Dim objWbk As Object
Dim objDoc As Document
Dim rngSearch As Object
Dim rngFound As Object
Dim targetCellValue
Set objDoc = ActiveDocument
Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set objWbk = objExcel.Workbooks.Open("C:\Users\DMASON2\Documents\Book1.xlsx")
objExcel.Visible = True
objWbk.Activate
With objWbk.Sheets("Sheet1")
Set rngSearch = .Range(.Range("A1"), .Range("A" & .Rows.Count).End(-4162))
Set rngFound = rngSearch.Find(What:="AA", After:=.Range("A1"), LookAt:=1)
If rngFound Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "Not found"
Else
'MsgBox rngFound.Row
targetCellValue = .Cells(rngFound.Row, 2).Value
MsgBox (targetCellValue)
End If
End With
Err_Exit:
'clean up
Set BMRange = Nothing
Set objWbk = Nothing
objExcel.Visible = True
Set objExcel = Nothing
Set objDoc = Nothing
'MsgBox "The document has been updated"
Err_Handle:
If Err.Number = 429 Then 'excel not running; launch Excel
Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Resume Next
ElseIf Err.Number <> 0 Then
MsgBox "Error " & Err.Number & ": " & Err.Description
Resume Err_Exit
End If
End Sub
** edit, complete code for searching and finding the acronyms along with their definitions **
Sub ExtractACRONYMSToNewDocument()
Dim oDoc_Source As Document
Dim oDoc_Target As Document
Dim strListSep As String
Dim strAcronym As String
Dim strDef As String
Dim oTable As Table
Dim oRange As Range
Dim n As Long
Dim m As Long
m = 0
Dim strAllFound As String
Dim Title As String
Dim Msg As String
Dim objExcel As Object
Dim objWbk As Object
Dim rngSearch As Object
Dim rngFound As Object
Dim targetCellValue As String
' message box title
Title = "Extract Acronyms to New Document"
' Set message box message
Msg = "This macro finds all Acronyms (consisting of 2 or more " & _
"uppercase letters, Numbers or '/') and their associated definitions. It " & _
"then extracts the words to a table at the current location you have selected" & vbCr & vbCr & _
"Warning - Please make sure you check the table manually after!" & vbCr & vbCr & _
"Do you want to continue?"
' Display message box
If MsgBox(Msg, vbYesNo + vbQuestion, Title) <> vbYes Then
Exit Sub
End If
' Stop the screen from updating
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
'Find the list separator from international settings
'May be a comma or semicolon depending on the country
strListSep = Application.International(wdListSeparator)
'Start a string to be used for storing names of acronyms found
strAllFound = "#"
' give the active document a variable
Set oDoc_Source = ActiveDocument
'Crete a variable for excel and open the definition workbook
Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set objWbk = objExcel.Workbooks.Open("C:\Users\Dave\Documents\Test_Definitions.xlsx")
'objExcel.Visible = True
objWbk.Activate
'Create new document to temporarily store the acronyms
Set oDoc_Target = Documents.Add
' Use the target document
With oDoc_Target
'Make sure document is empty
.Range = ""
'Insert info in header - change date format as you wish
'.PageSetup.TopMargin = CentimetersToPoints(3)
'.Sections(1).Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).Range.Text = _
' "Acronyms extracted from: " & oDoc_Source.FullName & vbCr & _
' "Created by: " & Application.UserName & vbCr & _
' "Creation date: " & Format(Date, "MMMM d, yyyy")
'Adjust the Normal style and Header style
With .Styles(wdStyleNormal)
.Font.Name = "Arial"
.Font.Size = 10
.ParagraphFormat.LeftIndent = 0
.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = 6
End With
With .Styles(wdStyleHeader)
.Font.Size = 8
.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = 0
End With
'Insert a table with room for acronym and definition
Set oTable = .Tables.Add(Range:=.Range, NumRows:=2, NumColumns:=2)
With oTable
'Format the table a bit
'Insert headings
.Range.Style = wdStyleNormal
.AllowAutoFit = False
.Cell(1, 1).Range.Text = "Acronym"
.Cell(1, 2).Range.Text = "Definition"
'Set row as heading row
.Rows(1).HeadingFormat = True
.Rows(1).Range.Font.Bold = True
.PreferredWidthType = wdPreferredWidthPercent
.Columns(1).PreferredWidth = 20
.Columns(2).PreferredWidth = 70
End With
End With
With oDoc_Source
Set oRange = .Range
n = 1 'used to count below
' within the total range of the source document
With oRange.Find
'Use wildcard search to find strings consisting of 3 or more uppercase letters
'Set the search conditions
'NOTE: If you want to find acronyms with e.g. 2 or more letters,
'change 3 to 2 in the line below
.Text = "<[A-Z][A-Z0-9/]{1" & strListSep & "}>"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.Format = False
.MatchCase = True
.MatchWildcards = True
'Perform the search
Do While .Execute
'Continue while found
strAcronym = oRange
'Insert in target doc
'If strAcronym is already in strAllFound, do not add again
If InStr(1, strAllFound, "#" & strAcronym & "#") = 0 Then
'Add new row in table from second acronym
If n > 1 Then oTable.Rows.Add
'Was not found before
strAllFound = strAllFound & strAcronym & "#"
'Insert in column 1 in oTable
'Compensate for heading row
With oTable
.Cell(n + 1, 1).Range.Text = strAcronym
' Find the definition from the Excel document
With objWbk.Sheets("Sheet1")
' Find the range of the cells with data in Excel doc
Set rngSearch = .Range(.Range("A1"), .Range("A" & .Rows.Count).End(-4162))
' Search in the found range for the
Set rngFound = rngSearch.Find(What:=strAcronym, After:=.Range("A1"), LookAt:=1)
' if nothing is found count the number of acronyms without definitions
If rngFound Is Nothing Then
m = m + 1
' Set the cell variable in the new table as blank
targetCellValue = ""
' If a definition is found enter it into the cell variable
Else
targetCellValue = .Cells(rngFound.Row, 2).Value
End If
End With
' enter the cell varibale into the definition cell
.Cell(n + 1, 2).Range.Text = targetCellValue
End With
' add one to the loop count
n = n + 1
End If
Loop
End With
End With
'Sort the acronyms alphabetically - skip if only 1 found
If n > 2 Then
With Selection
.Sort ExcludeHeader:=True, FieldNumber:="Column 1", SortFieldType _
:=wdSortFieldAlphanumeric, SortOrder:=wdSortOrderAscending
'Go to start of document
.HomeKey (wdStory)
End With
End If
'Copy the whole table, switch to the source document and past
'in the table at the original selection location
Selection.WholeStory
Selection.Copy
oDoc_Source.Activate
Selection.Paste
' update screen
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
'If no acronyms found set message saying so
If n = 1 Then
Msg = "No acronyms found."
' set the final messagebox message to show the number of acronyms found and those that did not have definitions
Else
Msg = "Finished extracting " & n - 1 & " acronymn(s) to a new document. Unable to find definitions for " & m & " acronyms."
End If
' Show the finished message box
AppActivate Application.Caption
MsgBox Msg, vbOKOnly, Title
'make the target document active and close it down without saving
oDoc_Target.Activate
ActiveDocument.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges
'Close Excel after
objWbk.Close Saved = True
'Clean up
Set oRange = Nothing
Set oDoc_Source = Nothing
Set oDoc_Target = Nothing
Set oTable = Nothing
Set objExcel = Nothing
Set objWbk = Nothing
End Sub
I have a VBScript which creates a table. It loops through an array and inserts the information into a table in a Word document.
'Create new word doc
Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
objWord.Visible = True
Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Add()
Set objSelection = objWord.Selection
objSelection.Font.Name = "Verdana"
objSelection.Font.Size = "12"
objSelection.TypeText sFileSelected
objSelection.TypeParagraph()
objSelection.Font.Name = "Verdana"
objSelection.Font.Size = "12"
Set objRange = objSelection.Range
Set objFSO = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
Set objTF = objFSO.opentextfile(logPathAndFileName)
strAll = objTF.readall
arrVar = Split(strAll, vbNewLine)
numcols = 3
objDoc.Tables.Add objRange, UBound(arrVar) - LBound(arrVar) + 1, numcols
Set objTable = objDoc.Tables(1)
For lngrow = LBound(arrVar) To UBound(arrVar)
If lngrow > 0 Then
arrVar2 = Split(arrVar(lngrow), vbTab)
For lngcol = LBound(arrVar2) To UBound(arrVar2)
objTable.Cell(lngrow, lngcol + 1).Range.Text = arrVar2(lngcol)
If lngrow = 1 Then
Set myRange = objDoc.Range(objTable.Cell(2, 1).Range.Start,objTable.Cell(4, 1).Range.End)
myRange.Merge
End If
Next
End If
Next
This produces a table like this:
What I would like to do now is merge the top row: DATABASE MODIFICATIONS. How can I merge the row?
Try this code for merging whole row (first row in this sample line):
objTable.Rows(1).Cells.Merge
Edit: if you need to merge some cells in the row you could do it in this way (by selection first and last cells- area in between will be merged):
'for 2nd row, cells from 2 to 3
objTable.Cell(2, 2).Merge objTable.Cell(2, 3)