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05-09-2016, 10:39 PM

gmayor

Windows 10 word vba Search files for string and save found filenames to new textfile

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Obviously you need to select something before you can use selection, but with ranges you don't need to select them, which is one of their main advantages. In the case of the code. The range is already referred to the document

Code:

With wdDoc
    With .Range.Find

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