Please help! Macros not recorded as expected

[Chibiberu]

Hi!

I am totally novice in macros and VBA.

I want to create a macro that will operate about 30 find/replace steps.
The first find/replace I need to do consist in replacing a non printable (#0D) character which first occurrence is always located at the same position in the file.
All other find/replace steps
So I decided to create a macro using the "Record macro..." command.
But almost no step I operate is recorded.


For instance, after a succession of about 30 "find/replace" steps, I only get this in the macro:
Sub Macro1()
'
' Macro1 Macro
'
'
Selection.Copy
End Sub
Some times I only get the last Find/Replace step
I tried several times, but only oner step is recorded in the macro (and not always the same step!!!)


So, I have a few questions:


1. Is it normal that actions I did after I started recording the macro are not recorded?
(for instance: the action of selecting a certain character at a certain location in the file, or all Replace actions I did...)


2. Is it possible to add a VBA step that will automatically select a character that is always located at the same place in the file?


3. How can I perform a Find/Replace step that finds all occurrences of #0D character and replaces them by something else? (i.e. paragraph break + "&&&" sequence)

Many thanks in advance

[Pecoflyer]

Hi and welcome
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Please change it ( click Go advanced to edit)

[macropod]

There is a lot the macro recorder won't record, but Find/Replace actions isn't one of them.

To see how you can combine multiple Find/Replace actions in a single macro, check out https://www.msofficeforums.com/word/...s-e-mails.html

As for the '#0D character', I assume you mean the ASCII 13 character, which Word displays as ¶. That can be found via Find = ^13.

[Chibiberu]

macropod,

Thank you for the information.
I didn't know I could find a character by its ASCII code (^13)
Knowing that, I just need a series of Replace steps in the macro. I could have one recorded in the macro. So, I duplicated this step in the macro and changed each Replace command with the right characters to find and replace.
It worked!

By the way, ASCII 13 character is not interpreted as paragraph break on MacOS. I just get a small square displayed
Paragraph marks are found when I search for ^10 characters. I guess this is because I am working on MacOS, not Windows
(I know, my public profile still shows "Windows7" although I changed it with "MacOS")

Anyway, you "saved my life". Many thanks!

[macropod]

In Word, paragraph breaks consist of an 0D 0A pair (ASCII 13 & 10). ASCII 13 on its own, though it might appear like a paragraph break, isn't one - though it sufficies when using a wildcard Find. If you want to do a Find for paragraph breaks when not using wildcards, use Find = ^p.