Microsoft Office Forums - View Single Post - [Solved] Deleting Characters in a specific location in Word 2010

macropod · 12-07-2016, 03:45 PM

At its simplest:
ActiveDocument.Range.Characters.First.Delete

However, it might be better to implement a loop to delete all characters before the first 'valid' character. For example:

Code:

Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveDocument.Range
  Do While .Characters.First Like "[" & vbTab & "-" & vbCr & "]"
    .Characters.First.Delete
  Loop
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub