Accessing controls on word document (not userform)

[SS]

Hello all,

I have multiple text boxes (Text Box selection from the Control Toolbox) in
a word document. Most of the books I have read talks about how to work with
controls on a userform but not with controls on the application itself
(Microsoft Word).

The code below is for accessing text boxes in a userform. How can I achieve
the same thing if all my text boxes were on a Microsoft Word document?

When I type in Debug.Print(ThisDocument.controls.count) it doesn't recognize
the text boxes I have on the document.

Please help. Thanks in advance.
SS

Dim ctrl as MSForms.Control
For Each ctlr in Me.Controls
If TypeOf ctrl is MSForms.TextBox Then
' reset if the current control is a textbox:
ctrl.value = ""
End If
Next

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Ss,

I have multiple text boxes (Text Box selection from the Control Toolbox) in
a word document. Most of the books I have read talks about how to work with
controls on a userform but not with controls on the application itself
(Microsoft Word).

I wrote an article on this a couple of years ago. Search my name on the msdn
website.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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