Duplicate line and/or comment in editor?

Steve Kunkel · #1 04-25-2021, 01:46 PM

Hi Folks,

In the VBA Editor that comes with Word, is there a command to "duplicate current line?" Upon searching the VBAE and Google, it seems like there is not. But maybe I'm missing something? Surely this is a pretty common need that people have??

Similarly, I can't find a command to "Comment in/out" a block of code...

Thoughts?

EDIT: I did find the "comment/uncomment" toolbar buttons. I guess by default they are not in the menus...

macropod · #2 04-25-2021, 02:02 PM

A command to duplicate a line (which there isn't) would likely take as many or more keystrokes to implement as a simple copy/paste.

The 'Edit' toolbar has buttons to "Comment/Uncomment" a block of code. You can activate that toolbar via View|Toolars|Edit.

Steve Kunkel · #3 04-26-2021, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macropod

A command to duplicate a line (which there isn't) would likely take as many or more keystrokes to implement as a simple copy/paste.

Not sure if I agree on the number of keystrokes... I tried to make a VBA macro to automate the keystrokes needed for duplicating a line and then commenting-out the top copy. Apparently VBA macros can't run inside the editor, so I made one with the awesome and opensource AutoHotkey Windows scripting language. Code is below.

WARNING -- NOT VBA CODE!

Code:

SetTitleMatchMode, 2 ; Win titles must contain specified string.

#ifWinActive, Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 
!c:: ;Alt-c activates it, but only in VBA Editor
send {End}
send +{Home} ;shift+home
send ^c ;copy
send '^v ;apostrophe, paste
send {Enter}
send ^v ;paste
return
#ifWinActive

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