Microsoft KB Archive/129480

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WD: Using WordBasic's EditFind to Search Within a Text Selection

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Q129480

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
 * Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
 * Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

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SUMMARY
This article demonstrates the Microsoft WordBasic EditFind statement, which finds the next instance of the specified text, formatting, or both. If you want to search within a small section of your document, set a bookmark and use the EditFind statement within a While CmpBookmarks loop.

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"http://support.microsoft.com/directory/overview.asp" The following macro example searches for semicolons within the current paragraph.

  Sub MAIN EditBookmark .Name = "startx", .Add EditGoTo "\para" EditBookmark .Name = "selectionx", .Add EditFind .Find = ";" While CmpBookmarks("\Sel", "selectionx") = 8 Or \ CmpBookmarks("\Sel", "selectionx") = 6 And EditFindFound count = count + 1 RepeatFind Wend MsgBox Str$(count) + " semicolons were found" EditGoTo "startx" EditBookmark .Name = "selectionx", .Delete EditBookmark .Name = "startx", .Delete End Sub