Overcome issues in tables with vertically merged cells

macropod · #5 12-20-2016, 01:53 AM

If the heading uses a Heading Style (or some other Style whose scope is limited to headings), simply use Find/Replace to look for the Style as part of the Find parameters, then test whether it's in a table and, if so, get the cell's RowIndex - if it's 1 it's on the first row, and if it's 2 it's on the second row, thus:

Code:

Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveDocument.Range
  With .Find
    .ClearFormatting
    .Replacement.ClearFormatting
    .Text = InputBox("What is the Text to Find")
    .Replacement.Text = ""
    .Forward = True
    .Wrap = wdFindStop
    .Format = True
    .Style = "Heading 1"
    .MatchCase = False
    .MatchWholeWord = False
    .MatchWildcards = False
    .MatchSoundsLike = False
    .MatchAllWordForms = False
    .Execute
  End With
  Do While .Find.Found
    If .Information(wdWithInTable) Then
      If .Cells(1).RowIndex < 3 Then
        'Do something with the heading
        MsgBox .Text
      End If
    ElseIf .End = ActiveDocument.Range.End Then
      Exit Sub
    End If
    .Collapse wdCollapseEnd
    .Find.Execute
  Loop
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Even without employing Styles, you can still use the same general approach.

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