Article ID: 130690
Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006
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- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
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- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
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SUMMARY
Some of the templates and wizards in Word automate the creation of
documents by showing you where to insert variable information using a
placeholder in brackets. However, they do not provide a simple way to move
from placeholder to placeholder.
This article contains a macro that moves you from placeholder to
placeholder with the use of a shortcut key.
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An example of the use of placeholders is the Memo Wizard. After you answer
the wizard's questions, the wizard creates a document that looks like this
example:
Date: 01/13/94
To: [Names]
CC: [Names]
To customize the document, you must select the bracketed placeholder
(including the brackets and the text) and type the actual memo information.
There is no automated way to move to the next placeholder.
The following macro uses the Pattern Matching feature of Edit Find to move
from one placeholder the next. Assigning this macro to a shortcut key makes
the process of moving to the next placeholder in the document much easier.
Sub Main
EditFind .Find = "\[*\]", .Direction = 0, .MatchCase = 0, \
.WholeWord = 0, .PatternMatch = 1, .SoundsLike = 0, .Format = 0, \
.Wrap = 2
End Sub
The following macro moves backward through the placeholders:
Sub Main
EditFind .Find = "\[*\]", .Direction = 1, .MatchCase = 0, \
.WholeWord = 0, .PatternMatch = 1, .SoundsLike = 0, .Format = 0, \
.Wrap = 2
End Sub
Assigning this macro to a key allows you to move backward and forwards
through the placeholders in the document using a convenient method.
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