I have a workbook which Excel thinks is "opened by another user" --
that is, in the prior use, it did not close properly, with the result
that I can only open it "read only". (In  MyComputer Explore /
Properties "read-only" is not checked, however).

The Dir function can be used to determine whether a certain folder exists.  
How would we determine whether a certain folder is currently open?

Does anyone know of any code examples of Excel extracting Headers and
Body text from MS Word which can be used and manipulated by excel?
So say if I had header 1,2,3,4 in the MS Word document, and I want to
have the header and body text from header 2 & 4 say to be

2. The Principal is the organiser for the trade show JAMESON  to take place
in MOSCOW, RUSSIA from 4th to 8th December 2006
This is from a standard contract, the words which vary are those in caps and
the dates, ideally I would like these to be captured from Excel.

This code toggles strikethrough for selected text.
Sub StrikeIt()
   Selection.Font.StrikeThrough = wdToggle
End Sub

I have a little experience with Excel VB, but none with Word.
Want i have is a Date in a (Cell) in a Word Document.
I want to upon Closing the Word Document (In the Document Close),
have that Date create a New Scheduled Reminder On that Day with

   I have a problem when I try to print a Word Document from VB.NET in Word
2002. The instruction that I execute is the next:
........ActiveDocument.PrintOut(Background:=True, Copies:=1)
When I execute the same instruction in Word 2003 it doesn't fail. Can

   I have a problem when I try to print a Word Document from VB.NET in Word
2002. The instruction that I execute is the next:
........ActiveDocument.PrintOut(Background:=True, Copies:=1)
When I execute the same instruction in Word 2003 it doesn't fail. Can

I'm trying to edit an Excel 95 macro in 2000 and it seems to have now
locked a module with a complile error in hidden module: main module,
which I'm presuming is because it doesn't like some of the old code in
one of the modules that no longer exists in 2000. Does anyone know any ...

Being an old Excel VBA'er, and new to Word VBA, I would like to ask some of
the old Word VBA'ers a question in preparation of creating a new document.
My company has several types of equipment that is sold to create systems.
Not all systems are the same, so not all equipment types ...

I need to return the folder in which I find a file with folder for
Application.FileSearch.FoundFiles. It is found in subfolders and from there I
need to know how to find the folder based on the file. Everything I've seen
here does pretty much the reverse. I found something in MS ...

When I use Application.FileSearch, it only returns Word documents:
   With Application.FileSearch
       .FileName = strNewFile '6386_P05*.*
       .LookIn = strGradingDocPath 'C:\6386

I have a form document previously created by Macro where threre are drop down
options when you come a cross a active area. Once I unprotect the document to
modify, I can't seem to turn back the macro back on to get back where drop
down options become active. Instead, drop down ...

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to create a multi-column combo box on a
command bar.  (I can create a single column one).
Thanks
Archie Dog

I'm building an application that uses Word.  One of the first things
it does is create a new document based on a template that is stored on
a secure site (SharePoint, in this case).  The problem I'm running
into is passing credentials on to the site.