Is there a vba approach to detect when word is busy or not busy?
I'm looking for a property called readyState [1], but I can only find it for
IE browser objects. I'm unsuccessful in locating something like this for
Word objects.

I have tried most of the MS programs to open this file along with trying to
convert it to another format that  is readable. it stays encryted, and a
window  will pop up telling me that the file is something harmful
Is a .docx file  a virus  or something that might harm my PC???

Say I have the sentance:
The cat sat on the mat
how would i search for
"The cat" & "the mat"

I create a bookmark as an Insertion point and then call a routine that adds
extra characters to the line. How do I extend the value of the bookmark to
included all the extra characters except the last two characters?
John...    Visio MVP

One time awhile back I had found a macro for positioning the curent
cursor line to the top of the window.  After quite a bit of web
searching I can't seem to find it again.
Does anyone know how to accomplish this ?

When I use Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen).Name, a name with space characters in it
is returned in quotes. A single-string name is returned without quotes.
Does anyone have any optimized code they'd like to share to handle this
situation? All I can think of is to test the first ...

We have documents with hyperlinks and our users wish them to print as if the
hyperlinks weren't present, but no change to the way the hyperlinks look
onscreen.
I've been doing this with a FilePrint() intercept routine, and actually

I have a document which I need to break into sections(nextPage).
Im doing a search for 3 asterix marks and when found, insert  the
sectionbreak.
I need to run the code until the end of document only once everytime it is

I am delclaring a variable in the declarations area of the a module.  So
when I show a form, I should be able assign a value to it, unload the form,
and still have the value of the variable... right?  The variable is empty
after the user form is unloaded.  Please help!

I would like to add a line to my VBA code to disable a command button called
"Delete Person". I'm not sure how to refer to the button though. The
following attempt didn't work:
ActiveDocument.Range.CommandButton("Delete Person").Enabled = False

I cannot believe what I am about to relate. I have an iPaq H5555 using
Windows Mobile 2003 and I also have onto my desktop Word 2007 and I CANNOT
USE THE TWO PROGRAMS! How incredibly stupid is that? I have no problem
whatsoever using Adobe Acrobat but windows devices cannot see ...

Is there a way to manipulate the information in a FieldCode? Here's what I'm
trying to do:
The filename of my document is "ABC-D-EFG-123-HIJ-456 name1 name2 name3
789012" (1st part is always 21 characters, last part is always 6 characters,

I want to be able to read using code the numbers that Word assigns to
headings.
e.g. Say I have the level 2 heading
2.7 Age Profile

I've been creating a template in Word 2003 and I don't want people to alter
the styles I have set so I've used the Protect Document setting to limit
formatting to a selection of styles. However, I've noticed that this also
disables various buttons in the toolbar, in particular ...

Interesting (or not so interesting) connundrum.
I've written some code which I'm very happy with, works very well. I've
implemented it on a number of systems here at work, and everybody is working
fine. The problem is, I've found 1 user trying to run the code from the