» Control Word from Excel using VBA in Microsoft Excel
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The two example macros below demonstrates how you can send information to Word
(e.g. creating a new document) and how you can retrieve information from Word
(e.g. reading information from a document).
Note! Read and edit the example code before you try to execute it in your own project!
Sub CreateNewWordDoc()
' to test this code, paste it into an Excel module
' add a reference to the Word-library
' create a new folder named C:\Foldername or edit the filnames in the code
Dim wrdApp As Word.Application
Dim wrdDoc As Word.Document
Dim i As Integer
Set wrdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
wrdApp.Visible = True
Set wrdDoc = wrdApp.Documents.Add ' create a new document
' or
'Set wrdDoc = wrdApp.Documents.Open("C:\Foldername\Filename.doc")
' open an existing document
' example word operations
With wrdDoc
For i = 1 To 100
.Content.InsertAfter "Here is a example test line #" & i
.Content.InsertParagraphAfter
Next i
If Dir("C:\Foldername\MyNewWordDoc.doc") <> "" Then
Kill "C:\Foldername\MyNewWordDoc.doc"
End If
.SaveAs ("C:\Foldername\MyNewWordDoc.doc")
.Close ' close the document
End With
wrdApp.Quit ' close the Word application
Set wrdDoc = Nothing
Set wrdApp = Nothing
End Sub
Sub OpenAndReadWordDoc()
' assumes that the previous procedure has been executed
Dim wrdApp As Word.Application
Dim wrdDoc As Word.Document
Dim tString As String, tRange As Word.Range
Dim p As Long, r As Long
Workbooks.Add ' create a new workbook
With Range("A1")
.Formula = "Word Document Contents:"
.Font.Bold = True
.Font.Size = 14
.Offset(1, 0).Select
End With
r = 3 ' startrow for the copied text from the Word document
Set wrdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
'wrdApp.Visible = True
Set wrdDoc = wrdApp.Documents.Open("C:\Foldername\MyNewWordDoc.doc")
' example word operations
With wrdDoc
For p = 1 To .Paragraphs.Count
Set tRange = .Range(Start:=.Paragraphs(p).Range.Start, _
End:=.Paragraphs(p).Range.End)
tString = tRange.Text
tString = Left(tString, Len(tString) - 1)
' exclude the paragraph-mark
' check if the text has the content you want
If InStr(1, tString, "1") > 0 Then
' fill into active worksheet
ActiveSheet.Range("A" & r).Formula = tString
r = r + 1
End If
Next p
.Close ' close the document
End With
wrdApp.Quit ' close the Word application
Set wrdDoc = Nothing
Set wrdApp = Nothing
ActiveWorkbook.Saved = True
End Sub
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