Replacing text in Word CBenac 12/27/2008 12:05:01 AM I've inherited an old application that creates a word document (Word 2003 and/or 2007) by opening a previously created document and replacing information inside it, like in the example bellow: ......... Attention of: ##vo_name ##vo_street ##vo_csz We would like to thank you for........ .......... Can someone tell me what ##ho_name is? A tag, a bookmark? I couldn't figure it out. I need to rewrite the application using VBA. I already know how to create the document but no idea on how to replace the "tags", assuming that is what it is. TIA -- CBenac

Re: Replacing text in Word "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr[ at ]REMOVECAPSmvps.org> 12/27/2008 9:33:31 AM I would think it is a custom tag. I say custom, because it is not native to Word. From where does the data come that is inserted into the document in place of those tags? I would suggest that a userform is probably what you should be using. See the following pages of fellow MVP Greg Maxey's website: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Create_and_employ_a_UserForm.htm http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Populate_UserForm_ListBox.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "CBenac" <CBenac[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BC5F9048-9D66-4B6B-A3A2-9558F7ED7EE3[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I've inherited an old application that creates a word document (Word 2003 > and/or 2007) by opening a previously created document and replacing > information inside it, like in the example bellow: > > ........ > Attention of: > ##vo_name > ##vo_street > ##vo_csz > We would like to thank you for........ > ......... > > Can someone tell me what ##ho_name is? A tag, a bookmark? I couldn't > figure > it out. > > I need to rewrite the application using VBA. I already know how to create > the document but no idea on how to replace the "tags", assuming that is > what > it is. > > TIA > -- > CBenac