Microsoft KB Archive/170745

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XL97: How to Create PivotTable from Word

Article ID: 170745

Article Last Modified on 1/20/2007

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q170745

SUMMARY

This article includes a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro. The macro uses Automation to build a PivotTable in Microsoft Excel 97 and returns the data back to Microsoft Word.

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The following example, when run from Microsoft Word 97, creates a Microsoft Excel 97 PivotTable, inserts the data into a new Microsoft Word document, and then arranges the data in a table format. If the GetObject function returns error 429, the example uses the CreateObject function to start a new session of Microsoft Excel. If the CreateObject function is used, the example uses the Quit method to close the new instance of Microsoft Excel. To use this example, do the following:

1. Create a worksheet in Microsoft Excel with data similar to the following:

         A1: Region    B1: Office    C1: Sales
         A2: North     B2: Alpha     C2: 100
         A3: East      B3: Beta      C3: 120
         A4: West      B4: Alpha     C4: 130
         A5: North     B5: Beta      C5: 100
         A6: East      B6: Beta      C6: 140
         A7: West      B7: Alpha     C7: 110
                           

   Then, save the workbook in the My Documents folder with the name Sales.xls.

2. In Microsoft Word 97, point to Macro on the Tools menu and click Visual Basic Editor. On the Insert menu, click Module and type the following macro:

         Sub Create_PivotTable()
   
            Dim xlObj As Excel.Application
            Err.Number = 0
   
            On Error GoTo notLoaded
            Set xlObj = GetObject(, "Excel.Application.8")
   
            notLoaded:
            If Err.Number = 429 Then
               Set xlObj = CreateObject("Excel.Application.8")
               theError = Err.Number
            End If
            xlObj.Visible = True
            xlObj.Workbooks.Open FileName:="C:\My Documents\Sales.xls"
   
            With xlObj
               .Range("A1").Select
               .ActiveSheet.PivotTableWizard SourceType:=xlDatabase, _
                SourceData:= "Sheet1!R1C1:R5C3", TableDestination:="", _
                TableName:="PivotTable1"
               .ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1").AddFields _
                RowFields:="Office", ColumnFields:="Region"
               .ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable1"). _
                PivotFields("Sales").Orientation = xlDataField
            End With
   
            xlObj.ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Select
            Documents.Add
   
            With xlObj
               For Each newCell In .Selection
                  With Selection
                     .InsertAfter Text:=newCell.Value
                     mCount = mCount + 1
                     If mCount Mod xlObj.Selection.Columns.Count = 0 Then
                        .InsertAfter Text:=vbCr
                     Else
                        .InsertAfter Text:=vbTab
                     End If
                  End With
               Next newCell
   
               ActiveDocument.Range.ConvertToTable _
               Separator:=wdSeparateByTabs
               ActiveDocument.Tables(1).AutoFormat _
               Format:=wdTableFormatClassic1
            End With
   
            If theError = 429 Then
                xlObj.DisplayAlerts = False
                xlObj.Quit
            Endif
            Set xlObj = Nothing
   
         End Sub
                           

3. On the Tools menu, click References. Click "Microsoft Excel 8.0 Object Library." This step allows you to use the Microsoft Excel 97 objects, properties, and methods in Visual Basic macros.
4. On the File menu, click "Close and Return to Microsoft Word." To run the macro, point to Macro on the Tools menu and click Macros. Click Create_PivotTable and click Run.

REFERENCES

For more information about Automation, click the Index tab in Visual Basic Help, type the following text

automation

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Working across applications" topic.

Additional query words: ole pivot table

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