ID: Q181843
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When you run a macro that was recorded to find and replace formatting, the "Replace With" formatting will be applied to the text located at the insertion point.
When you use the Find or Replace commands on the Edit menu, you can specify formatting by choosing that formatting item from one of the built-in toolbars.
For example, to find all paragraphs formatted for center alignment, follow these steps:
1. In the Find and Replace dialog box, click the Find What box.
2. Click the Center Alignment button on the Formatting toolbar.
This will apply center alignment as a search criteria.
When you record a macro to perform these steps, the action of clicking the formatting button is recorded as part of the Edit or Replace command, as expected. However, these actions are also recorded as separate commands in the macro. When you run the recorded macro, this results in the Replace With formatting being applied to the area where the search begins.
For example, if you have the following text in your document
This is paragraph one that is left-aligned.
This is paragraph two that is center-aligned.
This is paragraph three that is left-aligned.
- The search criteria in the recorded macro for Find What is set to
Center Alignment.
- The insertion point is in the first paragraph prior to running the
macro.
This is paragraph one that was left-aligned.
This is paragraph two that was center-aligned.
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In the Find And Replace dialog box, use the Format button to set the Find What and Replace With criteria. (The Format button is located at the bottom of the "Find and Replace" dialog box.)
You can remove or disable the formatting commands that were applied when you recorded the macro.
To edit the macro, follow these steps:
1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros.
2. In the list of available macros, select the macro to edit.
3. Click Edit.
4. In the Visual Basic Editor window, scroll through the macro until you
see commands similar to the following:
Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphCenter
Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphRight
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphCenter
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = _
wdAlignParagraphRight
With Selection.Find
by adding an apostrophe at the beginning of the lines.
Example:
'Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphCenter
'Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphRight
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article.
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q173707
TITLE : OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles
ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
TITLE : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
Applications
Keywords : kbmacro kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample macword98
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbpendingLast Reviewed: April 7, 1999