VBA-Excel: Format already written text in a word document – Format All Content

VBA-Excel: Format already written text in a word document – Format All Content

To Format already written text in a word document – Format All Content Microsoft Word Document using Microsoft Excel, you need to follow the steps below:

• Create the object of Microsoft Word
• Create Doc object using MS word object, Open the existing word document by providing the complete path
• Make the MS Word visible
• Create a Selection object with the help of WordObject.
• Select the Whole content in the word document
• Do the formatting
• Save the word document
• Close the word document

Create the object of Microsoft Word

Set objWord = CreateObject(“Word.Application”)

Create Doc object using MS word object, Open the existing word document by providing the complete path

Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Open("D:\OpenMe.docx")

Make the MS Word Visible

objWord.Visible = True

Create a Selection object with the help of WordObject.

Set objSelection = objWord.Selection

Select the Whole content in the word document

objSelection.WholeStory

Do the formatting

objSelection.Font.Name = "Algerian"

objSelection.Font.Bold = True

objSelection.Font.Color = RGB(12, 200, 0)

Save the Word Document

objDoc.Save

Close the word document

objWord.Quit

Complete Code:

Function FnFormatAllContent()

   Dim objWord

   Dim objDoc

   Dim objSelection

   Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")

   Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Open("D:\OpenMe.docx")

   objWord.Visible = True

   Set objSelection = objWord.Selection

   objSelection.WholeStory

   objSelection.Font.Name = "Algerian"

   objSelection.Font.Bold = True

   objSelection.Font.Color = RGB(12, 200, 0)

   objDoc.Save

   objWord.Quit

End Function

Also Read:

1. Excel-VBA : Open a MS Word Document using Excel File using Explorer Window.
2. Excel-VBA : Prevent Adding New Worksheet
3. VBA-Excel: Create a new Word Document
4. VBA-Excel - Merger - Merge or Combine Many Word Documents Into One