I am looking at writing a macro in word vba that searches the word document
for an array of numeric characters with a fixed length of 14 characters but
the characters can be anything numeric ie 0-9.
Can anyone help

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I am trying to rewrite some code from word.basic to use word.application b/c
some of it is not working in XP.  I have had some luck with another program
but this one is not working properly.  It is only printing a letter for the
first record in the table instead of a letter for ...

I have inherited a number of document template with embedded macro's.
The WITH.SELECTION.FIND code that you posted on 2005/07/21 repeats
throughout these macro's.  We are taking a report that is in multiple
paragraph form and converting it to tabbed columns, with BOLD, CENTERED

Has anyone ever tried to write some code that would repeat an action a given
number of times?  WordPerfect had a terric key called teh "repeat key" which
did that.
Thanks for any help.

I just want to display a simple message box, how do I do that?  I tried
searching for Option Box, Message Box, everything I could think of and only
get something about dialog boxes, none of which have a message box.
Thanks for you rhelp.

I use an ActiveX in a word document (InkPicture), and I have a warning about
"unsafe activeX". How can I hide this warning?
I tried to activate the "Unsafe ActiveX Initialization" to the value
"Initialize using control defaults" in the Security Settings of

I recorded a macro in word. When I run it, the pop-up message
tells me the macro is not enabled. I have also come out of word and tried
again.  Can anyone tell me how to enable the macro?

I have a .dot that is protected and prompts user to enter information in
various text boxes.  Everything works great when document is opened from
file.
When I publish the document on our intranet, where it is opened via a link,

I create a new Word empty template file. When I open it, and immediately
close it (whithout modification), word ask whether modfications have to be
saved. When I create a new document based on this model, I save the new
document, and Word still ask whether modfications of the ...

hopefully you guys guide me... Im not familiar with VB.
I want to add the filename of a special format in the footer of a word
doc, automatically everytime I save the doc.
This is what I want in detail:

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My data source necessarily contains two groups of address fields (T and U
[Tenant and Unit]). Fields in group T are for special reasons, Group U data
is used by default. For the merge system I'm working on, the user will need

Hi, I have a form that uses a text file to keep track of the form number
automatically inserted in a form field.  Then, when the user clicks on the SAVE
and Print button, it saves it with the standard name and form number and prints
it.  It works pretty well except:

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I form in the macro table and I should make, so that several in a row going
table rows would not be transferred
(break row) to another page and they were located together on