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andreas - 17 Mar 2007 08:40 GMT

I recently moved a text box around in a word file and somehow it
disappeared. Can I ask Word to search for text boxes in a document via
VBA?

Help is appreciated. Thank you very much in advance.

Regards,

Andreas

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Jezebel - 17 Mar 2007 09:16 GMT

Textboxes are in the Shapes collection. Since this is just a one-off, you
can probably find it using these commands in the commands in the Immediate
window --

? ActiveDocument.Shapes.Count to find out how many shapes there
are (not just text boxes)

and

ActiveDocument.Shapes(n).Select to select the nth shape ... just
work your way through from 1 to however many there are until you find your
missing one.

>I recently moved a text box around in a word file and somehow it
> disappeared. Can I ask Word to search for text boxes in a document via
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> Andreas

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Klaus Linke - 17 Mar 2007 12:30 GMT

ActiveWindow.ScrollIntoView Selection.Range, True

...might also come in useful, because Word won't necessarily scroll a Shape
into view automatically when you select it.

Regards,
Klaus

> Textboxes are in the Shapes collection. Since this is just a one-off, you
> can probably find it using these commands in the commands in the Immediate
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andreas - 17 Mar 2007 15:32 GMT

> ActiveWindow.ScrollIntoView Selection.Range, True
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Good advice, thank you.
Regards,

Andreas

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andreas - 17 Mar 2007 15:31 GMT

> Textboxes are in the Shapes collection. Since this is just a one-off, you
> can probably find it using these commands in the commands in the Immediate
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ok, thank you Jezebel

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