How can I insert a date as a default in a textbox in a userform? It is
important, that the date is shown in a certain format (dd.mm.yyyy). The user
should be able to change the date to another date, but not to anything else
(numbers, text).....

This is a macro I use frequently to count the number of occurences of a
word in a document.  It's very fast and convenient.  I simply place the
cursor in the word, and run the macro, and it gives me a message box
with the result

I regularly receive documents from French colleagues - The first job I have
to do is check their spelling. I have a macro that will select all the text
and tables and change their language setting to wdEnglishUK it will not,
however, cope with text boxes can anyone tell me (with ...

Very simple need but solution escapes me at the moment.
I want to move page 1 after page 2 - with page 2 now becoming the first page
in the document.
I can select the page by using:

I have some documents that have a moderate amount of formatting which I
would like remain readable in the distant future. The documents are actually
transcripts of 300 year old family documents.
What file format would you choose to give them the best chance of being

Due to sloppily written 3rd party apps/add-ins/macros, many users are
troubled by the message asking whether they want to save changes to the
Normal template.
In many/most cases, one has to know how to examine VBA code to determine the

I've started to put together a userform for the entry of some data from the
user, however when the form displays in runtime mode and I click on the
textbox, the cursor does not appear in the textbox and hence the user cannot
enter data.

I am trying to create a macro that will count the occurrence of a list of
Words.  The list of words is in a two column document with the words listed
in column 1.  The macro compares each word in column 1 with each word in the
document and records the number of matches in column ...

I have a userform with a checkbox and a text box.  If the checkbox is not
checked, I want the adjacent text box to be disabled and dimmed.  When the
box is checked, I want the text box to become enabled.  I thought coding the
text box as disabled automatically made the box dimmed ...

Hey all,
This could be an easy question but I can't seem to solve it yet.
In my VB program, I am making a reference to the Office Library to use the
Excel methods. Everything works fine and I save the file using

1) I am following some tutorials on VBA specifically to learn the
DocVariable fields. It says I should go to the File/Properties/Custom
dialog box and add the field there first. I go there and can type the
name of the field, select the type and even type a value, but the ADD

I would like to use a procedure again and again for several listboxes in
a user form.
Therefore, I need to use a variable that can represent the various list
boxes.

I have a document with a form, which has a few text-fields on it. The
document is protected from changes, except the text-fields.
I made a dialog in VBA where you can select certain data that should be
filled in in the selected text-field. I thought I could do this with:

Is it possible to get all *doc and *.rtf files in a selected folder on a
user form in Word XP?
Any idea how I could tackle this problem? Or are there any examples
around from which i could copy and paste the structure?

I downloaded microsoft office word viewer 2003 however when i double click it
to launch it i get a window that asks me to type in the File.  You normally
get a white page to type