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MS Office Forum / Word / Programming / January 2007Copying an AutoText entry
In Word 97, is it possible to copy an AutoText entry directly into the Clipboard, that is, without inserting the entry into a document and then copying it? I tried something like this, but it's only limited to 255 character: MsgBox NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries("sString").Value Thanks. No, you must insert and copy to get more than 255 characters. The limitation isn't in the transfer mechanism, but in the Value property of the AutoTextEntry object. That's documented in the VBA Help topic about the Value property. Since there's no way to ask Word how many characters are "really" in the entry, you can't use the Value property for this purpose at all unless you (or your macro) were the creator of the entry and have independent knowledge of its length. BTW, this is still true in Word 2003. I haven't checked 2007 yet, but I expect it's the same.  SignatureRegards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > In Word 97, is it possible to copy an AutoText entry directly into the > Clipboard, that is, without inserting the entry into a document and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks. Jay, Thanks. Larry > No, you must insert and copy to get more than 255 characters. The limitation > isn't in the transfer mechanism, but in the Value property of the [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > > > Thanks. Just for completeness, I confirmed that the situation is still the same in Word 2007. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. >Jay, > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> > >> > Thanks. |
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