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Neal - 02 Jul 2007 16:04 GMT

Does anyone know how to create a macro that would insert a bookmark from
another document that may not be active to an active document? Would love to
get an idea of the code.

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Bear - 02 Jul 2007 17:10 GMT

Neal:

If you know the filename and the bookmark name, the statement to insert the
content of that bookmark becomes:

Selection.InsertFile FileName:="Doc1.doc", Range:="BearTest", _
ConfirmConversions:=False, Link:=False, Attachment:=False

The VBA Help explains the use of all the properties shown. The Range is the
bookmark name.

Bear

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> Does anyone know how to create a macro that would insert a bookmark from
> another document that may not be active to an active document? Would love to
> get an idea of the code.

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Jay Freedman - 02 Jul 2007 17:14 GMT

> Does anyone know how to create a macro that would insert a bookmark
> from another document that may not be active to an active document?
> Would love to get an idea of the code.

Use an INCLUDETEXT field, and place the name of the bookmark after the name
of the file -- look of the field's syntax in the Word Help.

To do this in a macro, use the ActiveDocument.Fields.Add method like this
(notice that the file name must be in quotes if it contains spaces, and all
backslashes must be doubled):

Sub demo()
Dim Fname As String, BKname As String
Fname = "C:\somepath\source.doc"
Fname = Chr(34) & Replace(Fname, "\", "\\") & Chr(34)
BKname = "somebookmark"

With ActiveDocument.Fields
.Add Range:=Selection.Range, _
Type:=wdFieldIncludeText, _
Text:=Fname & " " & BKname, _
PreserveFormatting:=True
.Update
End With
End Sub

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