WD: Inserting Macro Variable Contents into a Document Window

ID: Q86079

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SUMMARY

This article includes macro examples for inserting text into a Microsoft Word for Windows document using WordBasic commands.

MORE INFORMATION

The following example WordBasic macro can be used to insert the contents of the Name$ variable at the insertion position in the active document window: 

   Sub MAIN
      ' A name is assigned to Name$ variable
      Name$ = "John Doe"
      ' Contents of Name$ variable inserted into document.
      Insert Name$
   End Sub
The following sample macro can be used to insert the contents of the Name$ variable as literal text, using the QUOTE field: 

   Sub MAIN
      ' A name is assigned to Name$ variable
      Name$ = "John Doe"
      InsertField "quote " + Chr$(34) + Name$ + Chr$(34)
   End Sub
The above macro produces the following field syntax: 

   {quote "John Doe"}

   Field result = John Doe
The result of a QUOTE field is the text typed between the quotation marks. The Chr$(34) command above is the quotation mark character (").

NOTE: Microsoft provides macros "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.

For information about how to do this in Word 97 and later, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q161407
   TITLE     : WD97: VB Macro Examples to Insert Text into a Document

REFERENCES

"Using WordBasic," by WexTech Systems and Microsoft, pages 236, 239

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Last Reviewed: December 9, 1998