WD: Sample Visual Basic Macro to Type All AutoText Entries

ID: Q221958

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SUMMARY

The following macro inserts all the AutoText entries in Normal.dot into a new document. The new document includes the name of each entry and separates the entries with horizontal lines. Note that you can quickly print a list of all AutoText entries by clicking Print on the File menu, and selecting AutoText entries in the Print What box. It is not necessary to use a macro for this method.


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Sub InsertAllAutoText()
Dim Entry As AutoTextEntry

Documents.Add

For Each Entry In NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries
    Selection.Font.Bold = True
    Selection.TypeText Text:=Entry.Name
    Selection.Font.Bold = False
    Selection.TypeParagraph
    Selection.TypeText Text:=Entry.Value
    Selection.TypeParagraph
    Selection.TypeParagraph
Next
End Sub

Additional query words: entries vba vb 


Keywords          : kbdta 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: March 17, 1999