From Excel, I need to open a Word document, find "aaaa" in the Word
document, and then replace "aaaa" with the contents in A1 in Excel.
The code I have doesn't like .Selection.Find

Please help. Thanks in advance.

Sub FindReplace()
Dim wrdApp As Word.Application
Dim wrdDoc As Word.Document
Set wrdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
wrdApp.Visible = True
Set wrdDoc = wrdApp.Documents.Open("Z:\COMMON FILES\Encroachment
Permits\Permit.Tracker\Testing\testdoc.doc")
With wrdDoc

With .Selection.Find
.Text = "aaaa"
.Replacement.Text = Cells("A1")
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With

If Dir("Z:\COMMON FILES\Encroachment Permits\Permit.Tracker
\Testing\MyNewWordDoc.doc") < "" Then
Kill "Z:\COMMON FILES\Encroachment Permits\Permit.Tracker
\Testing\MyNewWordDoc.doc"
End If
End With
End Sub

On Oct 5, 4:05*pm, gab1972 wrote:
From Excel, I need to open a Word document, find "aaaa" in the Word
document, and then replace "aaaa" with the contents in A1 in Excel.
The code I have doesn't like .Selection.Find

Please help. *Thanks in advance.

Sub FindReplace()
Dim wrdApp As Word.Application
Dim wrdDoc As Word.Document
* * Set wrdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
* * wrdApp.Visible = True
* * Set wrdDoc = wrdApp.Documents.Open("Z:\COMMON FILES\Encroachment
Permits\Permit.Tracker\Testing\testdoc.doc")
* * With wrdDoc

* * * * With .Selection.Find
* * * * * * * * * * .Text = "aaaa"
* * * * * * * * * * .Replacement.Text = Cells("A1")
* * * * * * * * * * .Wrap = wdFindContinue
* * * * * * * * * * .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
* * * * * * * * End With

* * * *If Dir("Z:\COMMON FILES\Encroachment Permits\Permit.Tracker
\Testing\MyNewWordDoc.doc") < "" Then
* * * * * * Kill "Z:\COMMON FILES\Encroachment Permits\Permit..Tracker
\Testing\MyNewWordDoc.doc"
* * * * End If
* * End With
End Sub

I got it...

Sub CreateNewWordDoc()
Dim wrdApp As Word.Application
Dim wrdDoc As Word.Document
Set wrdApp = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
wrdApp.Visible = True
wrdApp.Activate
Set wrdDoc = wrdApp.Documents.Open("Z:\COMMON FILES\Encroachment
Permits\Permit.Tracker\Testing\testdoc.doc")
With wrdDoc.Range.Find
.Text = "aaaa"
.Replacement.Text = "Insufficient plans."
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With
'wrdApp.Quit ' close the Word application
'Set wrdDoc = Nothing
'Set wrdApp = Nothing
End Sub

....in case anyone was wondering.

Thanks for the courtesy of posting back with your solution. It could help
someone else.


"gab1972" wrote in message
...
On Oct 5, 4:05 pm, gab1972 wrote:
From Excel, I need to open a Word document, find "aaaa" in the Word
document, and then replace "aaaa" with the contents in A1 in Excel.
The code I have doesn't like .Selection.Find

Please help. Thanks in advance.

Sub FindReplace()
Dim wrdApp As Word.Application
Dim wrdDoc As Word.Document
Set wrdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
wrdApp.Visible = True
Set wrdDoc = wrdApp.Documents.Open("Z:\COMMON FILES\Encroachment
Permits\Permit.Tracker\Testing\testdoc.doc")
With wrdDoc

With .Selection.Find
.Text = "aaaa"
.Replacement.Text = Cells("A1")
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With

If Dir("Z:\COMMON FILES\Encroachment Permits\Permit.Tracker
\Testing\MyNewWordDoc.doc") < "" Then
Kill "Z:\COMMON FILES\Encroachment Permits\Permit.Tracker
\Testing\MyNewWordDoc.doc"
End If
End With
End Sub

I got it...

Sub CreateNewWordDoc()
Dim wrdApp As Word.Application
Dim wrdDoc As Word.Document
Set wrdApp = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
wrdApp.Visible = True
wrdApp.Activate
Set wrdDoc = wrdApp.Documents.Open("Z:\COMMON FILES\Encroachment
Permits\Permit.Tracker\Testing\testdoc.doc")
With wrdDoc.Range.Find
.Text = "aaaa"
.Replacement.Text = "Insufficient plans."
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With
'wrdApp.Quit ' close the Word application
'Set wrdDoc = Nothing
'Set wrdApp = Nothing
End Sub

....in case anyone was wondering.