Article ID: 211458 - Last Review: October 11, 2006 - Revision: 3.2

WD2000: Sample Macro That Uses a Loop to Find Text

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SUMMARY

The following sample macro can be used to search for the occurrence of text in a Microsoft Word document.

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Sub EditFindLoopExample()
 'This example inserts "Tip: " at the beginning of
 ' every paragraph formatted with the Heading 3 style.
     With ActiveDocument.Content.Find
         .ClearFormatting
         .Style = wdStyleHeading3
         'The Do...Loop statement repeats a series of
         ' actions each time this style is found.
         Do While .Execute(Forward:=True, Format:=True) = True
                 With .Parent
                     'If the found text is the last
                     ' paragraph in the document...
                     If .End = ActiveDocument.Content.End Then
                         .StartOf Unit:=wdParagraph, Extend:=wdMove
                         .InsertAfter "Tip: "
                         Exit Do
                     'If the found text is *not* the last
                     ' paragraph in the document...
                     Else
                         .StartOf Unit:=wdParagraph, Extend:=wdMove
                         .InsertAfter "Tip: "
                         .Move Unit:=wdParagraph, Count:=1
                     End If
                 End With
         'Goes back to the beginning of the Do...Loop statement.
         Loop
     End With
 End Sub

For more information about searching text in Word documents, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type find object in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212536 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212536/EN-US/ ) WD2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

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