On Apr 20, 10:45*am, Jacob Skaria
wrote:
A minor change...Hardcoded path replaced with variable..

Sub SearchStringinWord()

Dim wrdApp As Word.Application
Dim wrdDoc As Word.Document
Dim strFolder As String
Dim strFile As String
Dim strSearchString As String
Dim lngRow As Long

Set wrdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
wrdApp.Visible = False

strFolder = "c:\"
strSearchString = "jacob"
strFile = Dir(strFolder & "*.doc", vbNormal)
Do While strFile < ""

Set wrdDoc = wrdApp.Documents.Open(strFolder & strFile)
If InStr(1, wrdDoc.Range.Text, strSearchString, vbTextCompare) 0 Then
lngRow = lngRow + 1
ActiveSheet.Range("A" & lngRow).Formula = "=HYPERLINK(""" & strFolder &
strFile & """,""" & strFile & """)"
End If
wrdDoc.Close

strFile = Dir
Loop

Set wrdDoc = Nothing
wrdApp.Quit
Set wrdApp = Nothing

End Sub

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Jacob Skaria



"Raj" wrote:
Hi,

A folder has several word documents. These need to be opened from
Excel and checked for existence of a string. If the string exists, the
name of the file needs to be written in the Excel workbook with a
hyperlink to the word document.

Please help with sample code/pointers.

Thanks in Advance for the help.

Regards,
Raj- Hide quoted text -

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Thanks a lot. Exactly what I wanted. However, two more requirements
have cropped up.
1. All instances of the word have to be highlighted in the Word
document in green.
2. In the column to the right of the hyperlink in the Worksheet, the
count should be displayed.

Thanks, once again, for the help.

Regards,
Raj