Is it possible to make a macro stop executing and give a non-zero return
code back to the VBScript that is executing it?
I'm just putting the final polish on my first serious macro. Basically, I
have a VBScript that invokes Word invisibly and invokes a macro that reads a

I am working on a macro that will change the formatting of revision in a track change document.  Say the deletions are Red and strikethrough and insertions are Blue and italic.
I want to change the formatting of deletions to bold with no strikethrough and insertions as Red with ...

I'm having some variable scope problems in VBA and would love to get an
explanation of how to avoid these problems.
I'm writing macros in Word 2002. At the moment, I'm polishing a series of
related procedures. I have a main macro that farms out much of its work to

Is there any way that a macro can determine its own name while it's
executing?
I am trying to polish some error handling logic. Every time I encounter
something that should be written to my error log, I'd like to pass the name

I have a template, that when it's opened I want the user to see a pop up of a
message.  I want them to have to press OK for it to go away before they start
using the template.
Is there a field code or something like that I can use?  If anyone has any

OK, this can't be hard...I am just ignorant and frustrated.
Sometimes the background color of a comment is pink, sometimes
blue.... So how do I control it.
Thanks in advance.

In our system, users can type in different personal information, such as
Department and Office, and use it in Word.
Instead of typing all the information, users want to get a list, like the
one in Outlook address book, choose a user, and get all the information.

I created a new template based on an old template (same file name). I
have renamed the command buttons so the code is easier to read (in the
old template they were left at default CommandButton1, etc.)and added
in some other functionality. Now I have a fully functional template for

I keep a log of rfi's(requests for information) in excel.  when i
answer them i open up a document from a template in word.  i have been
working on automating this process.  so far i have gotten to the point
where i can open a document in word, unprotect it, change some of it's

I have created a word document and added list boxes that need to
automatically populate when other users open the document.  I used the VBE to
add items to the list boxes in the Document_Open sub.  Is there an easy way
to to run this sub automatically when any other user opens the ...

I searched the Internet a bit for this, and I had trouble finding good
sources.
I'm looking to write vba code that will call all documents in specific
folder with a .doc extension.  These docs are mail merges that are all

I have a macro that reads one external file and that writes entries to a log
file, if and when it encounters errors. Both the external file and the log
file are simple text files.
I know from the VBA help that I can work with either files or textStreams

I am _really_ getting confused about the placement of macros!
I have finished my first serious VBA macro and I'm quite happy with it; it
does what I needed it to do and it doesn't _look_ too ugly, based on the
code snippets I've seen in the help and newsgroups as I've built this ...

Almost already posted this question on the word.docmanagement NG, but it is
buried pretty deeply.
I have used instructions for creating a table of contents across multiple
documents as suggested from:

I'm having terrible trouble trying to write a macro that will delete the last
section in a document including all the content in that section.
I'm not very experienced at all in macros but I have created a routine in an
ASP page wich is based on a Word Macro that I recorded.