WD98: Macro to Replace Font Formatting

ID: Q183137

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

The following Microsoft Word Visual Basic for Applications macro sample can be used to change all characters formatted in one font to another font. For example, you can use these macros to change all characters that originally occur in Times New Roman to a font such as Arial.

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NOTE: The font names in the following macros must be spelled as they appear in the dialog box that appears when you choose Font from the Format menu. This macro do not affect the point size of the font.

   Sub ReplaceFont()
      With Selection.Find
         ' Clear all previously set formatting for Find dialog box.
         .ClearFormatting
         ' Set font to Find for replacement.
         .Font.Name = "Times New Roman"
         ' Clear all previously set formatting for Replace dialog box.
         .Replacement.ClearFormatting
         ' Set font to Replace found font.
         .Replacement.Font.Name = "Arial"
         ' Dont find or replace any text.
         .Text = ""
         .Replacement.Text = ""
         ' The following parameters must be set as follows
         ' to find only text formatted for the specified font.
         .Forward = True
         .Wrap = wdFindContinue
         .Format = True
         .MatchCase = False
         .MatchWholeWord = False
         .MatchWildcards = False
         .MatchSoundsLike = False
         .MatchAllWordForms = False
      End With
      ' Perform the find and replace.
      Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
   End Sub

NOTE: This macro does not prompt you before it changes the font. In order to be prompted to replace each occurrence of the font, replace the wdFindContinue constant in the .Wrap = statement with the wdFindAsk constant.

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

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Keywords          : kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample macword98 
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: April 6, 1999