I need to search through a directory of Word documents, check if a specified
word is in any of them, and if found paste the document name into Excel.

I'm working on this step by step!

First step is to access Word documents from within Excel. I have the
following code (for which I thank michelxld for his earlier posting) to test
whether I can open/copy from Word documents:

Sub importFromWord()

'Activate Word Object Library

Dim WordApp As Word.Application /// error arises here
Dim WordDoc As Word.Document

Set WordApp = CreateObject("word.application") ' Open Word session

WordApp.Visible = False 'keep word invisible
Set WordDoc = WordApp.Documents.Open("C:\test\test.doc") ' open Word file

'copy third row of first Word table
WordDoc.Tables(1).Rows(3).Range.Copy

'paste in Excel
Range("A1").PasteSpecial xlPasteValues

WordDoc.Close 'close Word doc
WordApp.Quit ' close Word

End Sub

There's an immediate error (marked /// above) with the message Compile Error
: User-Defined Type not Defined.

Could it be that I have to explicitly activate the Word object library (I've
copied the comment that michelxld included but suspect I should DO something
here!). If so, any pointers on what to do would be much appreciated - I've
searched these archives without finding anything but that may be because my
understanding is limited on this.

All comments gratefully received. If I can get this step working, onwards
and upwards to what I actually need to do!

Best wishes
SueJB