I have a letterhead template in a public network folder.  My problem is
that when I make edits and want to copy the template back I can't because
so many people won't save their letters when they first run the template so
it's considered an open file so cannot replace the ...

Is is possible to write a VBA program that can do a search for terms in a
VBA program. (I need it to report back the term (a variable) and the value
assigned to the variable. so the Find function will not work.)

While writing VBA code, I encounter a problem.
I want to save files in a the Documents map, as is set in Word by:
Tools > Options > File  Locations > Documents. e.g.: D:\DocumentMap
I can read that file location with: str_StartPath =

FYI,  I am working on a VB6/VBA program that can reformat word
documents like replace certain words with certain characters.  Here's
the little detail about part of my program. When the program read the
selected document, it uses find/replace to replace certain words. In

I am wanting to create a macro that will delete spaces (hard returns) between
paragraphs. Can this be done?

Trying to limit the entry of text to a string like this:
1234:BUNCH_OF_NUMBERS
The critical part is:  1234: cannot be changed (i.e., will always be
four numbers with a colon)

I am using an if statment to include a picture - but how do I apply
formats to the resulting picture shown? e.g text to left

I have created a word .dot that uses a form for input and the submissions
from the form are added to the document in the correct bookmarks. On the form
I have 2 calanders(due date and event date). I need to have the form have a
message box popup and the doc become read only if ...

It is common practice to Insert, Fields into a document and then
Insert,Fields within them (nested).
For example:
{ MACROBUTTON TestMacro { SYMBOL  254 \a \f Wingdings \s 12  \* MERGEFORMAT

I have found the following macro code that will go through a document
and update all the fields when run.
I woudld like this to run automatically when a document is saved or
closed.

I have got a macro attached to a template so that whenever the template is
opened it automatically opens and saves under a new sequentual number but,
the document also saves as a template and when I go in to the new saved
document it runs the macro again.

I need to record a macro covering the insertion of a picture.
This worked ok basically when I tried it. However  in the Format menu when I
adjusted the height and the size of the picture these acts were not recorded
in the macro.

Please can somebody tell me how i save a document as its filename and path  
I can extract the filename and path:
NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries("Filename and path").Insert Where:= Selection.
Range

I've recorded the belowmentioned macro in order to print 2 pages on on page
to our printers, but it seems that this is not always working. Sometimes it
prints ok, sometimes it prints blank pages... i thought this could have been
due to printer drivers, but i've been trying ...

Hi
On from the 1st line of my document I would to select the range, after the
10th character for 5 characters and copy to clipboard or name as string.
I think its an easy when you know how thing