WD98: Macro to Find Tables in Word Documents

ID: Q182792

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article discusses how to find and loop through tables in a document using the Visual Basic for Applications Tables collection.

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The following Visual Basic macro will find each table in a Word document:

   Sub FindTables()
      Dim iResponse As Integer
      Dim tTable As Table
      'If any tables exist, loop through each table in collection.
      For Each tTable In ActiveDocument.Tables
         tTable.Select
         iResponse = MsgBox("Table found. Find next?", 68)
         If response = vbNo Then Exit For 'User chose to leave search.
      Next
      MsgBox prompt:="Search Complete.", buttons:=vbInformation
   End Sub

For information about how to do this in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q88540
   TITLE     : WD: WordBasic Macro to Find Tables in a Word Document

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q181058
   TITLE     : OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications

Additional query words: wordcon vb vba vbe

Keywords          : kbcode kbprg kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample macword98 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Hardware          : MAC
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: April 7, 1999