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StoryRanges With myStoryRange. Save ActiveDocument. Improve this question. Nicholas Zlt Nicholas Zlt 1 1 1 bronze badge. What makes you think the code is opening files more than once, or looping more than once?
Have you tried putting Debug. Print or MsgBox statements into your code to substantiate this and find out where the behavior is happening? Cindy Meister, as I said, I'm really new to vba so most of this code was me trying to join existing codes already and fitting them to my needs. The code is definitely opening files more than once because when I run it, it will show me which files are being opened and I see them being opened, saved, closed and reopened again only to go through the same loop.
Do you know what I mean when I say "Comment out line xyz of your code" the xyz isn't important - just "comment out"? As in placing an apostrophe? Yes :- In the For Each loop comment out everything you're doing with the Word document, from opening it through saving and closing.
That leaves only the lines that loop the files. FileSearch is not working if anyone have alternate codes please let me know.
Is there a way to change the hyperlink using the same code. I have text that links to a google form. I want to update the link in all files. Hi there, I'm wondering how can I password protect just for editing all word files in a folder? I start running the document control activities and found that files to be protected is a huge task to be performed one by one. Thanks for your time on this request Kind Regards Carlos.
The function Application. FileSearch was removed after Office , so the code on this page sadly no longer works. Hi, Is it possible to change the Title property in several hundreds of Word documents? Unfortunately documents started from one original ancestor and all of them kept the original Title property.
Another option is to use a software to do this. Or you could just use this program, it's much, much simpler. Hello, I saw your information on editing multiple word documents at once. I have written a free program. You can also use a 3rd party tool to do this sort of thing very easily. Try something like www.
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Toggle navigation. Changing Information in Multiple Documents. Count ' open the file based on its index position Documents. FoundFiles i ' search and replace the address selection. ClearFormatting selection. ClearFormatting With selection. Close wdSaveChanges Next i Else ' if the system cannot find any files ' with the. If you would like to know how to use the macros described on this page or on any other page on the WordTips sites , I've prepared a special page that includes helpful information.
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One thing that may make it even better, is adding support for subdirectories. That is: Files in multiple subdirectories I am an absolute newbie in this, and don't know the syntax, the parameter, or where to add that.
Could somebody help? I need to replace text in multiple Word files and have the replaced text highlighted. Is there a way to do this? It can solve this issue with ease. Is it possible to replace in the headers of the word doc?
Hi Tiago, Please apply the below VBA code to include the content of headers and footers when finding and replacing texts in multiple documents at once.
Is that possible to replace in the header of the word doc? Thanks for sharing this information with us. Word search and replace tool. Works perfectly but is there a similar macro to change text in the header!
Hi, Please apply the below VBA code to include the content of headers and footers when finding and replacing texts in multiple documents at once. Oh yeah! Thank you sooooo much! This is a life-saver! Doesn't work for me on footers. Hi there, is there a code for replacing with text that is multiple sentences, with bullet points and quotation marks in MS word using this code - which is fantastic!
I would be so thankfull if someone can help me with it. Hi, I new to VBA. I am able to get the data updated for only single file. How to select multiple files when the VBA script opens up? The question might be simple to few, but it will help.
Appreciate your quick response. Put your files in one folder and select them all with a shift key. Hope this works. Hi this code is only editing 7 documents at a time I really appreciated this post. Thank you. It allowed me to spend 10 minutes implementing something that saved several hours of work.
What if I want to find and replace multiple sentences in multiple documents? Thank you so much. You win the internet! This has saved me amending documents.
You're my favourite :. Thanks a billion! Merlin , I am having trouble with the following portion of your code. I am new to VBA. Cle arFormatting If ActiveWindow. Panes 2. I think I fixed most. Was figuring out this issue myself, today. First, make sure you fix the line: Selection.
Cle arFormatting To be: Selection. ClearFormatting If ActiveWindow. Merlin, I am having trouble with the following portion of your code: ' ' Beginning Header Updates ' Windows GetStr j.
Thanks so much for posting this, absolute lifesaver! Thanks again! I have the code above running however i can see that it does not cater for replacing text in footers, Only headers and the body of the doc. Can anyone assist in extending this to the entire document. Any help would really be appreciated! You can edit the footer by using almost identical code that the header uses.
Out of interest what does the line: Application. The rest of the code makes sense to me used to VBA in Excel but I can't figure out why you need to execute another piece of code here.
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