Article ID: 222794
Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q222794
SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) you can use as a starting point to control the Microsoft Word object model from within a Microsoft PowerPoint procedure.
MORE INFORMATION
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub ControlWord()
Dim Word As Object
Dim WordRunning As Boolean
' Needed for error trapping.
On Error Resume Next
' Establish communication between Word and PowerPoint.
' Clear the error variable.
Err.Clear
' Check to see whether Word is running.
Set Word = GetObject(, "Word.Application.9")
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
WordRunning = False
Else
WordRunning = True
End If
' Reset the error variable.
Err.Clear
' Word is not running, so launch it.
' Create a Word object.
If WordRunning = False Then
Set Word = CreateObject("Word.Application.9")
' Check to see whether the Word object was created.
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
' CreateObject failed.
' Enter code to handle object creation error.
End If
End If
' If Word is not running, make it visible.
If WordRunning = False Then
Word.Visible = True
End If
' Creates a new document and adds the text "Hello World."
Word.Documents.Add
Word.Selection.Text = "Hello World!"
End Sub
REFERENCES
For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles
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