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Old 08-28-2014, 07:28 AM
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I am looking for help creating a macro that will replace all social security numbers in each document in a folder. Search string would be "???-??-" to be replaced with "XXX-XX-" so that we keep the last 4 of the SSN. I need to be able to run the macro against a folder of multiple documents with each document containing multiple instances of the SSN to be replaced. I have found some solutions on-line in various places but this is all new to me. I am not a programmer! We currently spend about 2 hours a day manually replacing all of the SSN's in each document.

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It would be better to do this when the documents are generated, not afterwards. If they are being generated via mailmerge, for example, field coding can be used to output XXX-XX- plus only the last four digits.

That said, the following macro will process all documents in the selected folder:
Code:
Sub BulkReplaceSSNs()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim strFolder As String, strFile As String, wdDoc As Document
strFolder = GetFolder
If strFolder = "" Then Exit Sub
strFile = Dir(strFolder & "\*.doc", vbNormal)
While strFile <> ""
  Set wdDoc = Documents.Open(FileName:=strFolder & "\" & strFile, AddToRecentFiles:=False, Visible:=False)
  With wdDoc.Range.Find
    .ClearFormatting
    .Text = "([0-9]{3})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{4})"
    .Replacement.Text = "XXX-XX-\3"
    .Forward = True
    .Wrap = wdFindContinue
    .Format = False
    .MatchWildcards = True
    .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
  End With
  wdDoc.Close SaveChanges:=True
  strFile = Dir()
Wend
Set wdDoc = Nothing
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
 
Function GetFolder() As String
Dim oFolder As Object
GetFolder = ""
Set oFolder = CreateObject("Shell.Application").BrowseForFolder(0, "Choose a folder", 0)
If (Not oFolder Is Nothing) Then GetFolder = oFolder.Items.Item.Path
Set oFolder = Nothing
End Function
The macro includes its own browser, so all you need do is select the folder to process, and let it run. Just be sure to not save the document you're running the macro from to the same folder.
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Old 09-11-2014, 07:01 AM
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This code worked beautifully! Thank you so much!
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Old 09-11-2014, 07:17 AM
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I have a word doc with a macro that will search all files in a folder and strip the SSN's from the files (Thanks, macropod!). Now, to make this operation as simple as possible for my customer, I would like to set it up so the macro (VB) is saved to a specific document not globally (I have this part done). What I need help with is configuring that macro to run automatically when the file is opened. End goal is for the customer to open the word doc containing the macro and it auto runs instead of them having to navigate through Word to View/Macros/select and run the macro. I would also like for the word doc to close when the macro is finished running. It will be much easier to distribute the doc with the embedded macros than to instruct each customer how to import the macro.

The script is avail here if needed: https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-...in-folder.html
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Old 09-11-2014, 07:36 AM
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I figured it out... just renamed the macro to "AutoOpen ()". Now to figure out how to auto close the document after it runs...
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Old 09-11-2014, 07:46 AM
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I am using this code set up to auto run when the doc is opened. I would like to add a few lines of code to the end of the macro to close the word doc when the macro finishes running. Thanks for the help!
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After:
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
insert:
ThisDocument.Close SaveChanges:=True

Note: using SaveChanges:=True ensures any edits you've made to the document and/or its code will be saved.

PS: I've merged your threads into one, since they all concern the one project.
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