word macro To insert text at the beginning and at end of paragraph

ArieH · #1 08-20-2017, 06:27 AM

Hello,
I need to add a sighn like "/>" at the beginning of each paragraph which normally is in style Normal, and after the last character at the end of the paragraph "/>"
I tried this VB, but it cause some problem on the headings , so I need to use different methods and to put the BeforeText and AfterText within the paragraph and not at the headings. Do someone have any suggestion or example?

Dim doc As Document
Dim para As Paragraph

Const BeforeText = "</"

Const AfterText = "/>"
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Set doc = ActiveDocument

For Each para In doc.Paragraphs
If para.Style = doc.Styles(wdStyleHeading1) Then
para.Range.InsertBefore (BeforeText)
para.Range.InsertAfter (AfterText)
End If
If para.Style = doc.Styles(wdStyleHeading2) Then
para.Range.InsertBefore (BeforeText)
para.Range.InsertAfter (AfterText)
End If
If para.Style = doc.Styles(wdStyleHeading3) Then
para.Range.InsertBefore (BeforeText)
para.Range.InsertAfter (AfterText)
End If
If para.Style = doc.Styles(wdStyleHeading4) Then
para.Range.InsertBefore (BeforeText)
para.Range.InsertAfter (AfterText)
End If
If para.Style = doc.Styles(wdStyleHeading5) Then
para.Range.InsertBefore (BeforeText)
para.Range.InsertAfter (AfterText)
End If
Next para

End Sub

macropod · #2 08-20-2017, 02:11 PM

So why not use a wildcard Find/Replace, where:
Find = [!^13]{1,}
Replace = />^&/>
and you set the Find Style to Normal? No code required.

ArieH · #3 08-20-2017, 10:40 PM

Hi, I tried to run the find/replace on style Normal as suggested and I'm getting 0 results

macropod · #4 08-20-2017, 10:41 PM

You haven't checked the 'use wildcards' Find/Replace option!!

ArieH · #5 08-20-2017, 11:09 PM

Hi, after check the 'use wild Card' it put the </ at the beginning of each sentence and on each bullet and not at the beginning of each paragraph
see example

macropod · #6 08-20-2017, 11:16 PM

The wildcard Find/Replace does exactly what you asked for:

Quote:

I need to add a sighn like "/>" at the beginning of each paragraph which normally is in style Normal, and after the last character at the end of the paragraph "/>"

It has no effect one way or the other on 'bullets' - which your document doesn't have - and your 'sentences' are evidently in different paragraphs, all using the Normal Style...

ArieH · #7 08-21-2017, 12:05 AM

OK so maybe I didn't express myself correctly
I need that the result will be like that: (the </ will start after the HEADING1 or HEADING2 and so will end with /> before the next HEADING1 or HEADING2 and so)

1. HEADING1
</ aaaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbb
1.1 ccccccccc
1.2 dddddddddd
1.2.1 eeeeeeeee
/>
2. HEADING1
</ aaaaaaaaaaa
/>
2.1 HEADING2
</ ddddddddd
ddddddddddddd
/>
3. HEADING1

macropod · #8 08-21-2017, 12:17 AM

Yes, that's quite different. Even your prefix expression is different! Try:

Code:

Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim Par As Paragraph, Rng As Range
For Each Par In ActiveDocument.Paragraphs
  If Par.Style = "Normal" Then
    If Rng Is Nothing Then
      Set Rng = Par.Range
    Else
      Rng.End = Par.Range.End
    End If
  Else
    Call RngFmt(Rng)
  End If
  If Par.Range.End = ActiveDocument.Range.End Then
    Call RngFmt(Rng)
  End If
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Sub RngFmt(Rng As Range)
If Not Rng Is Nothing Then
  With Rng
    .End = .End - 1
    .InsertBefore "</"
    .InsertAfter vbCr & "/>"
  End With
  Set Rng = Nothing
End If
End Sub

ArieH · #9 08-21-2017, 01:05 AM

Hi ,

The procedure you send me is much better, and it did most of the work, just one problem if you can help? In case of Table It put the end sign "/>" on the last column, and I need it after the table and not within the table, see example

macropod · #10 08-21-2017, 02:17 AM

And what about if the Style changes within or immediately before the table?

PS: Is there a reason you can't attach a document with the actual content you want to discuss? Documents containing screenshots are pointless - after all you could attach the screenshot directly to a post - and means the people you want to help you have to recreate the content for themselves in another document.

ArieH · #11 08-21-2017, 02:28 AM

Hello Paul,
Thanks for your help,
Attaching the document won't help, since I need to handle ~200 documents like that and I try to create a general macro that can run on all the documents.
For now I can see that this macro you put do most of the work beside in case I have a table, which cause the problem I put in the above.

macropod · #12 08-21-2017, 02:29 AM

I'm sure you could attach a document with some representative content...

macropod · #13 08-21-2017, 02:49 AM

Try:

Code:

Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim Par As Paragraph, Rng As Range
For Each Par In ActiveDocument.Paragraphs
  If Par.Style = "Normal" Then
    If Rng Is Nothing Then
      Set Rng = Par.Range
    Else
      Rng.End = Par.Range.End
    End If
  Else
    Call RngFmt(Rng)
  End If
  If Par.Range.End = ActiveDocument.Range.End Then
    Call RngFmt(Rng)
  End If
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Sub RngFmt(Rng As Range)
If Not Rng Is Nothing Then
  With Rng
    If .Characters.Last.Information(wdWithInTable) = True Then
      .Characters.Last.Next.InsertBefore "/>" & vbCr
      .Characters.Last.Next.Style = "Normal"
    Else
      .End = .End - 1
      .InsertAfter vbCr & "/>"
    End If
    If .Characters.First.Information(wdWithInTable) = True Then
      .Characters.First.Previous.InsertBefore vbCr & "</"
      .Characters.First.Previous.Style = "Normal"
    Else
      .InsertBefore "</"
    End If
  End With
  Set Rng = Nothing
End If
End Sub

ArieH · #14 08-21-2017, 03:28 AM

Hi Paul,

It works

Thanks you for your help, I appreciate your patience and dedicated on that

Arie

ArieH · #15 08-30-2017, 04:01 AM

I have Word Documents with many tables inside.
I need to mark with delimited key like <T before and T> at the end of the table (not inside the table's cells), so other tool that convert the document will know that this item is a table artifact.

Any idea for Macro or any other option?

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