Duplicate document on memory... is it possible (VBA, Word 2010 Macro)

rbid

Hello, I would like to make a duplicate of the currently open document via a VBA macro. That is, when running the macro, it will use the current active document as source and make a copy of it without saving it to a file. The current document may be modified (changes were not yet saved to a file), and it could be based on a specific template, with headers/footers/fields. The new copy, should have an identical content (including headers/footers/fields) as the original, based on the same template but with a new name and not saved to a file yet. (The user may save it later if required) Is this possible? Thanks in advance.

-- **Ricky Marek** (_AKA: rbid_) -- "Things are only impossible until they are not" --- Jean-Luc Picard My articles

TnTinMn

Perhaps something like this will work for you.

Sub CopyDoc()
' save a reference to the source document
Dim sourcedoc As Document
Set sourcedoc = Application.ActiveDocument

' create a new document with the same template as the source document
Dim newdoc As Document
Set newdoc = Application.Documents.Add(Template:=sourcedoc.AttachedTemplate.FullName, Visible:=True)

' copy sourcedoc and paste in newdoc
sourcedoc.Range.Copy
newdoc.Range.Paste

sourcedoc.Activate
Set sourcedoc = Nothing
Set newdoc = Nothing

End Sub