Selecting text from a Word document
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Hey, I've created a word document and have added text to it. I now need to select this text and pass it to a string variable. Any ideas? Also, if this is possible, if some of the text was bolded...will those properties be passed through to the string variable? Just curious, thanks. --- reegan41
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Hey, I've created a word document and have added text to it. I now need to select this text and pass it to a string variable. Any ideas? Also, if this is possible, if some of the text was bolded...will those properties be passed through to the string variable? Just curious, thanks. --- reegan41
reegan41 wrote:
I now need to select this text and pass it to a string variable
Sure. You would need the Visual Studio Tools for Office or the Office Primary Interop Assemblies. Then, you would use the Word object model to select and copy the text. Something like this[^] exmaple.
reegan41 wrote:
Also, if this is possible, if some of the text was bolded...will those properties be passed through to the string variable?
No. The string variable cannot hold the Word formatting objects. You'll get just the text, nothing more.
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reegan41 wrote:
I now need to select this text and pass it to a string variable
Sure. You would need the Visual Studio Tools for Office or the Office Primary Interop Assemblies. Then, you would use the Word object model to select and copy the text. Something like this[^] exmaple.
reegan41 wrote:
Also, if this is possible, if some of the text was bolded...will those properties be passed through to the string variable?
No. The string variable cannot hold the Word formatting objects. You'll get just the text, nothing more.
A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007