Hi,

there is nothing called "article" in Word's object model.
so Word does not know it. If you are talking of
a simple document containing sections, it goes like this:

Sub Test0031()
Dim iDoc As Integer     ' number of dcouments
Dim dDc1 As Document    ' active document
Dim dDc2 As Document    ' new document
Dim rTmp As Range       ' temporary range
Set dDc1 = ActiveDocument
For iDoc = 1 To ActiveDocument.Sections.Count
  Set rTmp = ActiveDocument.Sections(iDoc).Range.FormattedText
  Set dDc2 = Documents.Add(Visible:=False)
  dDc2.Range.FormattedText = rTmp.FormattedText
  dDc2.SaveAs "c:\test\" & Format(iDoc, "000") & ".doc"
  dDc2.Close
Next
Set dDc1 = Nothing
Set dDc2 = Nothing
End Sub

But, note that
"Simple sections" excludes headers an footers, for example.
"Simple document" excludes varios kinds of document automation,
like reference fields.
The new documents would contain section breaks, which you would like
to remove, possibly. Not a problem, though, but I didn't want
to make it too complicated. And there may be many more issues,
if the doc in question is rather complex.

Greetings from Bavaria, Germany
Helmut Weber, MVP
"red.sys" & chr(64) & "t-online.de"
Word XP, Win 98
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