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Control Word from Excel

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

Document last updated 2000-04-12 12:49:32