I have a process that runs and takes a long time.
I would like to display a message and change the cursor while the user waits.
Wht kind of message box or other feature could i use to do this and how
would i fit it in with my code?

Could someone clarify what the difference is between
.Execute (Replace:=wdReplaceall)
and
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceall

I have a fully automated (Word, Excel, Access) mail-merge document.  The
document contains several nested tables side-by-side and all data sources are
late bound (@ run time).  When the document is opened manually in Word, the
tables 'shimmer' as the nested tables align ...

I need to set two tabs to the left of the right margin based on the length of
a string variable. This is what I have, but I don't know how to specify the
right margin in a variable. Please don't laugh too hard!  :D
       Dim CTab As Variant

how do i select text around the selected text so that all the text coloured
in a certain colour is selected.
For example the cursor is placed in the middle of a word and i want all of
that word and all the words around that word that are coloured in the same

I'm trying to get a small macro to work.... what I need is to get a
macro that will duplicate the Word command sequence of
Edit
Paste Special

What I am wanting is to have a document with 6 pictures on it with a caption
under each one.  I'm wanting to do this all form code.  I'm not very familiar
with templates or bookmarking.  Can someone point me in the right direction
for doing this?

I posted the following on the 26th and have been trying to elicit a response
using the same thread with a new title. I'm getting frustrated waiting for a
reaction. Have I done something wrong?
Hi

I am having a problem to spread a text over a couple of lines as soon as a
CHR$(13) is found.
it is found but the rest of the text (could be many lines) doesn't go to the
next line in my word table.

I'm new to news, so I hope I do this the right way. Previous I've found
many «recipes» by using Google's groups. Now, however I need specific help.
I've made many macros in Word by recording, but I can't figure out how
to do this one:

Why do I experience screen flickering in spite of  disabling the screen update?
The following macro searches through a document and removes redundant table
headings:
Sub TrimRedundantTableHeadings()

How do I create a macro to insert a footer at the bottom
of the page?

It was fast but now has slowed down: I want to speed it up again.

I have a bookmark which is inside a textframe .... I am trying to write
something to it and I get an error that it can't find the bookmark - is it
possible at all??
it works fine with a 'normal' bookmark

Can anyone tell me how to make a Simple Learning Log Template with daily inputs
thanks in advance