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stman - 13 Dec 2007 16:57 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to create a macro that displays the Go To dialog box with
settings already in place, so the user can find and determine their action
for each found instance individually. The settings are:

Go to what: Field
Enter field name: REF

I've got this working:

Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToField, Which:=wdGoToNext, Count:=1, Name:="REF"

...which actually goes to the exact item and highlights it. But if I then add:

Dialogs(wdDialogEditGoTo).Display

...the Go To dialog opens but with some other settings. How can I retain the
wdGoToField, wdGoToNext, and Name settings in the displayed dialog?

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stman - 14 Dec 2007 15:52 GMT

I guess a more general way of putting it is:

How do you display a dialog with settings already filled in?

And also then end the macro right there with the dialog opened, so the user
can click the document in the background (e.g. the Go To dialog is not modal,
allowing you to move to the document and back).

> Hi,
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> ...the Go To dialog opens but with some other settings. How can I retain the
> wdGoToField, wdGoToNext, and Name settings in the displayed dialog?

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Steve Yandl - 14 Dec 2007 22:43 GMT

You're very limited on what you can set in advance with some of the dialog
boxes. You could do something like:

With Dialogs(wdDialogEditGoTo)
.Destination = "REF"
.Show
End With

but that won't force the setting to go to 'Field'. It will put "REF" in the
dialog but you don't want to direct your users to GoTo a page named "REF".

I think I'd design a custom UserForm and have the code attached to a command
button take the user where you want them to go.

Steve

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>> wdGoToField, wdGoToNext, and Name settings in the displayed dialog?

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