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Old 06-11-2025, 07:14 AM
kilroy kilroy is offline Windows 10 Office 2016
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Default Find and Replace character limit issue

Hello everyone its been a while since I've been here. Hello Macropod, Greg, Graham. I have the following code that performs a find and replace on multiple documents. The information is collected with a user form and populates cells in the workbook. All text boxes collecting information require inputs well below the character limit of "Replace" in word except for one where it can go above the limit by quite a bit. I've been trying to figure out how to split the information collected but still paste as a long winded paragraph in the processed document that is in the "' Process main document content" section only.

Code:
Sub FindReplaceInWord(ByVal filePath As String)
    Dim wdApp As Object, wdDoc As Object
    Dim criteriaSheet As Worksheet
    Dim replaceText As Variant, replaceValue As Variant
    Dim lastRow As Long, i As Integer
    Dim section As Object, header As Object, footer As Object

    ' Open Word application
    Debug.Print "Opening Word Application..."
    Set wdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
    wdApp.Visible = False

    ' Open Word document
    Debug.Print "Opening document: " & filePath
    On Error Resume Next
    Set wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(filePath)
    If wdDoc Is Nothing Then
        Debug.Print "ERROR: Could not open document. Check if file exists."
        wdApp.Quit
        Exit Sub
    End If
    On Error GoTo 0

    ' Reference criteria sheet
    Debug.Print "Loading find-and-replace criteria from worksheet..."
    Set criteriaSheet = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Table 1")
    lastRow = criteriaSheet.Cells(criteriaSheet.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
    
    ' Read Find & Replace values from column 1 and column 2
    ReDim replaceText(1 To lastRow), replaceValue(1 To lastRow)

    For i = 1 To lastRow
        replaceText(i) = criteriaSheet.Cells(i, 1).Value
        replaceValue(i) = criteriaSheet.Cells(i, 2).Value
    Next i

    ' Process main document content
    Debug.Print "Processing main document content in: " & filePath
    For i = 1 To lastRow
        With wdDoc.Content.Find
            .Text = replaceText(i)
            .Replacement.Text = replaceValue(i)
            .Forward = True
            .Wrap = 1
            .MatchCase = False
            .MatchWholeWord = False
            .Execute Replace:=2
        End With
    Next i

    ' Process headers **without deleting formatting**
    Debug.Print "Processing headers in: " & filePath
    For Each section In wdDoc.Sections
        For Each header In section.Headers
            If header.Exists Then
                Debug.Print "Replacing in Header: " & header.Range.Text
                For i = 1 To lastRow
                    With header.Range.Find
                        .Text = replaceText(i)
                        .Replacement.Text = replaceValue(i)
                        .Forward = True
                        .Wrap = 1
                        .MatchCase = False
                        .MatchWholeWord = False
                        .Execute Replace:=2
                    End With
                Next i
            End If
        Next header
    Next section

    ' Process footers
    Debug.Print "Processing footers in: " & filePath
    For Each section In wdDoc.Sections
        For Each footer In section.Footers
            If footer.Exists Then
                Debug.Print "Replacing in Footer: " & footer.Range.Text
                For i = 1 To lastRow
                    With footer.Range.Find
                        .Text = replaceText(i)
                        .Replacement.Text = replaceValue(i)
                        .Forward = True
                        .Wrap = 1
                        .MatchCase = False
                        .MatchWholeWord = False
                        .Execute Replace:=2
                    End With
                Next i
            End If
        Next footer
    Next section

    Debug.Print "Finished Find & Replace in: " & filePath
    wdDoc.Save
    wdDoc.Close False
    wdApp.Quit
End Sub

Any help is appreciated!
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