If you've ever tried the RmDir command in Mac VBA, you've noticed it doesn't
work. This is because each Mac folder contains a hidden file called "Icon".
RmDir doesn't work on folders that contain files, so your next step might be
to use Kill to delete the hidden file. Of course, ...

I found this code from MVP site, and would like to use it in a larger macro,
but I need it to work for all "List Number" styles in a document, not just
the selected area.  Is it possible to use Find/Replace text as the main
variable in this code?  For example, prevace the code ...

Word 2000
I have a user form that needs to run a couple of lines of code each time
it gets closed.  I have the following in the click-event of my Close
button:

Hey, I have a few (but lengthy) wildcard search for vba related questions.  
First question, what is missing from this macro that is causing an error
that says something like the following, "...contains a group number which is
out of range"?

We use the Filename \p (with path) field to return the filename and path in
footers. However, using the logical drive letter makes it very unmeaningful
to other 4000 users in the corporation! We'd like to have the path refer to
the UNC sharenames instead. Does anyone know of a ...

In one of the inherited macros I've got here at work, there is a list of
commonly-used but hard-to-locate mathematical and scientific characters
displayed in a menu for authors to get at easily rather than hunting for.
One of the macros, which simply inserts the desired character, ...

I am using ADO to retrieve data but it overwrites with ADO data
This is a sample of the code am using it is located at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q261999/
It works fine but it overwrites any previous text or formating in the

Is it possible to change the appearance of hyperlinks in a normal Word
document (Word 2000)?  I would like to have links to various bookmarks in the
document, but don't want them all to be the typical blue, underlined text
(changes to purple when clicked).  In fact, no special ...

Does anyone know where to find the Error Number list for VBA?
I found it once, can't find it now...
Thanks,

what approach would i take to creating a macro that parses a text file line
by line? and then each of those lines word by word?
i need to determine for each line and store to variables for later use:
- the number of tabs present

Problem 1:  ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate =
sMyNewFullyQualifiedTemplatePath
results in the following error:
Run-time error '5598'

We're having some problems with our network at the moment.  One of the
new "features" is that sometimes, when you close a document in Word,
Word also exits completely as well.  I wanted to put an AutoExit macro
on everyone's machines to ask "You are about to quit Word - is this

I have a word project where one of the limitations is that I can only deploy
a single (word) file. While I have much of my functionality working, I think
it would be so much easier if I could keep some of my code and other
information in a separate file- but, I can't deploy it that ...

Hi, I am doing something I thought would be quite simple, but it isn't
working. Basically, I am trying to set the default of the left and right
margins in the Normal template through VBA. From what I understand it should
be the following code...

Word 2000
I have a user form, and I would like to add a hyperlink on the form that
will open another Word document.  Is there a way to insert a hyperlink into
a user form?