atw: Re: Word macro help

  • From: Howard Silcock <howard.silcock@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 10:06:24 +1100

Try replacing .Wrap = wdFindAsk with .Wrap = wdFindStop

​Howard

On 3 December 2014 at 09:23, Geoffrey <geoffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi austechies
>
>
>
> I’m stuck with a Word macro. All I want to do is have = replaced by &amp;=
> in a selection of text. This is the code that the record macro command
> generates:
>
>
>
> Sub equals()
>
> '
>
> ' equals Macro
>
> '
>
> '
>
>     With Selection.Find
>
>         .ClearFormatting
>
>         .Replacement.ClearFormatting
>
>         .Text = "="
>
>         .Replacement.Text = "&amp;="
>
>         .Forward = True
>
>         .Wrap = wdFindAsk
>
>         .Format = False
>
>         .MatchCase = False
>
>         .MatchWholeWord = False
>
>         .MatchWildcards = False
>
>         .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
>
> End With
>
> End Sub
>
>
>
> The problem is that this macro replaces = with &amp;= throughout the
> entire rest of the document, not just in the text selected. That’s not what
> I want.
>
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
>
>
> Geoffrey Marnell
>
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>
> Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
>
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>
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>
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>
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