My organisation is currently running different versions of word which is
causing a problem. We currently run a mix and match of NT/Office 97, Windows
XP/97 and Windows XP/Office 2003.
I need to switch off the way word 2003 by default opens a different document

How does one insert hidden text from macro code?  I want to give the user
the option to insert a piece of autotext as either a normal visible text
item or as a hidden text element?  Is there a field code to set an item as
hidden?

I'm creating a form which will generate two letters.  The first letter needs
a date field and the second letter needs a calculated date field of first
letter date plus 30 days.  I found this: Selection.InsertBefore
Format(((Date+30), "MMMM d yyy")

Is it possible to control a user forms showup position by defining Top and
Left ?
/BosseH

Ok, I keep posting little snippets of things relating to this. Basically
there are a bunch of little things that is doing wrong when pulling name and
address information from the outlook address book. The ultimate goal is I
want all of the name information that is entered to be ...

I was looking for a script able to decrease the word file size with a
lot of pictures.
I found the possibility to use cut and pastespecial as jpg
here is the script i use :

I am attempting to run this code from the help file example for Dir
' Display the names in C:\ that represent directories.
MyPath = "c:\"    ' Set the path.
MyName = Dir(MyPath, vbDirectory)    ' Retrieve the first entry.

I want to index a book I have finished that contains hundreds of
personal names and places. Fortunately they all begin with capital
letters. I now know how to search for all words in a document that
begin with a capital letter <[A-Z] but replacing the found text with

I recorded the following Footer Macro in WORD XP.  However, the macro
did not record the formating I wanted applied to the Footer.  What do I
need to add to the following Macro so that the text will be displayed in
Times Roman in 8 point?

Anyone got any ideas on how I get the caption on a label to represent a check
mark (tick)?
The Chr($) dont show one in the character set.
Many thanks

I need: an auto update field that Updates to the Current Date when the
document is saved.
Similar to `SAVEDATE': but SAVEDATE uses the last `save' timestamp on the
file, I need the `now' date.

I have a template that contains a complicated userform that lets the user
create a document according to the type of information they want and
according to corporate policies. Also, the template has customized toolbars
that offer assistance for later editing. The toolbar content ...

I have this idea of implementing what I think is a cool solution to a
problem.  I am working with a VB form and want to launch a mail-merge for
one document.
I want to be able to give users a word template with a few pre-defined

I recorded a Word macro that inserts an image that exists on the internet. I
started recording and went to Insert->Picture->From File. Then I inserted the
URL in the path bar. The file inserted fine and the vba code was recorded.
However, when I play back the macro, it says ...

Hi,  I am tring to have a macro remove table borders from all the tables in
an active document.   This is the code I came up with, but it has some errors
I cannot fix.
Sub tableNoBorder()