Word - quick parts (only 6 last characters from FileName)

Charles Kenyon · #1 03-21-2016, 02:03 PM

Even using vba, this would not be a trivial thing.
The display of a filename is through a field.
That field will display the filename as it displays on the user's computer, so if the user does not display extensions in Windows (the default) you get:

This is My Filename

If the user displays extensions, they would see:
This is My Filename.dotx

There is no way, using fields, to parse this.

Using Fields in Microsoft Word
Automated Boilerplate Using Microsoft Word

macropod · #2 03-21-2016, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon

Even using vba, this would not be a trivial thing.

Code:

Sub Demo()
Selection.InsertAfter Right(Split(ActiveDocument.Name, ".doc")(0), 6)
End Sub

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