Going to specific cells in a table

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Doc60 - 18 Jan 2008 16:29 GMT

I would like to know how I can program into a macro the ability for the
cursor to goto a specifc cell in a table. For example cell F5.

Thank you

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Greg Maxey - 18 Jan 2008 16:37 GMT

Sub ScratchMacro()
Selection.Tables(1).Cell(5, 6).Range.Select 'For the current table
Selection.Collapse wdCollapseStart
'Or
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Cell(5, 6).Range.Select 'For the first table in the
document
Selection.Collapse wdCollapseStart
End Sub

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> I would like to know how I can program into a macro the ability for
> the cursor to goto a specifc cell in a table. For example cell F5.
>
> Thank you

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fumei - 18 Jan 2008 19:52 GMT

Or, depending on your requirements, use a bookmark. If a cell is bookmarked,
and it is named "test", you can move the Selection to it, and select it by:

Selection.GoTo what:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="test"

If you want to move the Selection to it, but NOT select it - ie. you want the
cursor at the start of it:

Selection.GoTo what:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="test"
Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart

If you want to simply display the content of what it there, and again the
cell is bookmarked as "test"

MsgBox ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("test").Range.Text

BTW: I will assume by cell F5 you mean Row 6, Column 5. Word is not Excel.

>I would like to know how I can program into a macro the ability for the
>cursor to goto a specifc cell in a table. For example cell F5.
>
>Thank you

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