Replace causing repagination

[Bear]

Hello:

I'm trying to remove all the "bullet and tab" prefixes from a range
(objList). I have this code:

With objList.Find
.Text = PrefixText
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With

Execution of this code causes Word to repaginate the document. At the end of
a long (300-page) document, this represents a fair chunk of time. Maybe two
seconds. That's not great for a macro that's just supposed to be toggling
bullets on and off.

Is there any way to replace all these without invoking repagination?

Bear

 

[xxexbushpig]

Hi Bear
You could try
Options.Pagination = False
at the beginning and
Options.Pagination = True
at the end.
It sometimes works for me.

 

[Bear]

BushPig:

Thanks for the suggestion, but it doesn't seem to have any effect for me.
The macro runs just fine in normal view, but in page layout view I just can't
seem to get around the repagination -- option settings or no.

I'd certainly be open to alternative strategies to replacing the text, but I
haven't been able to develop anything myself. Still not giving up though.

Bear

 

[xxexbushpig]

Question, Bear
Do you mean the repagination starts after your macro has run, or during the
run?BushPig:

 

[Bear]

BushPig:

The document repaginates after executing the .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
statement, and before progressing to the next statement. I.E. it appears to
be part of the replacement command, or an intimately integrated Word response
to the replacement.

You probably wouldn't even notice it in a short document or near the start
of a long document. But on page 380 of 392, it's a pretty long wait.

Bear

 

[fumei via OfficeKB.com]

Page layout view will cause repagination, as that is the purpose of page
layout. You are changing stuff, and Word needs to repaginate - in page
layout view, as again that it what it IS.

Word does NOT know what the effects are in page layout until it does
repaginate.

You may think it is just toggling the bullets on or off, but Word does not
know that...until it repaginates.

You could, I suppose, switch to normal view at the start of the code, then
switch back to page layout view at the end. But I think when you switch back
to page layout, it will repaginate anyway. As that is what it is supposed to
do.

 

[Bear]

Fumei:

I'm sure Word is working as it's supposed to work, and am not trying to
circumvent normal Page Layout operation. I was just hoping someone might have
an alternative method to replacing the bullets that didn't invoke
repagination. I'm not tied to the Find operation.

Bear