You're welcome. Now all you need to do to make it fly is to attach it to a toolbar button or a shortcut key-stroke combo.
Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
| Macropod,
|
| That did the trick. Perfect. I can't thank you enough.
|
| RB
|
| "macropod" wrote:
|
| > Hi RB,
| >
| > Yes, Word keeps track of the shapes according to the order in which they were inserted, not the page on which they appear, and
| > there's no re-numbering to take account of deleted shapes. The code I posted before processes the shapes in insertion order.
| >
| > Below you'll find a modified version of the code, which goes through the shapes in 'attached paragraph order'. With this
version,
| > the shape number you assign in the input box refers to the shape's relative position in the document. If there's more than one
shape
| > attached to a given paragraph, they're processed in insertion order. On exiting, you can even give the selected shape a
meaningful
| > name - if you like. If you don't want that functionality, comment out the line starting with 'oShp.Name = '.
| >
| > Sub FindShapes()
| > Dim oPara As Paragraph
| > Dim oShp As Shape
| > Dim i As Integer
| > Dim j As Integer
| > Dim Result As Integer
| > i = 0
| > j = 0
| > With ActiveDocument
| > If .Shapes.Count > 0 Then
| > j = Abs(Int(InputBox("This document has " & .Shapes.Count & " floating Shapes." _
| > & vbCrLf & "Please Input the Shape # to start your search at.")))
| > For Each oPara In .Paragraphs
| > If oPara.Range.ShapeRange.Count > 0 Then
| > For Each oShp In oPara.Range.ShapeRange
| > i = i + 1
| > If i >= j Then
| > oShp.Select
| > Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToPage, Name:=Selection.Information(wdActiveEndPageNumber)
| > oShp.Select
| > Result = MsgBox("Found Shape: " & oShp.Name & vbCrLf & "Continue Searching?", vbYesNo)
| > If Result = vbNo Then
| > oShp.Name = InputBox("Please give this shape (" & oShp.Name & vbCrLf & _
| > ") a meaningful name")
| > Exit Sub
| > End If
| > End If
| > Next oShp
| > End If
| > Next oPara
| > MsgBox "Finished."
| > End If
| > End With
| > End Sub
| >
| >
| > Cheers
| >
| > --
| > macropod
| > [MVP - Microsoft Word]
| >
| >
| > | Macropod,
| > |
| > | I tried it, and it works perfectly; but now I'm a little confused as to how
| > | these shapes are registered by Word. They don't show up in the order in which
| > | they occur in the document. They seem to come up in the order of creation or
| > | editing. So the first couple came in order, then the third one was skipped,
| > | and so on; but the ones that were skipped came later, as the macro made more
| > | passes. It is going by "shape no." How does Word assign shape numbers? In
| > | this case, the first one was #235, which means, I guess, that I had 234
| > | earlier versions that I've changed or deleted. The third shape in the text
| > | was numbered 264. I don't find anywhere in the properties of these shapes to
| > | assign them numbers manually, to make them show up in the right order. Is
| > | there any way to do this?
| > |
| > | You're being a great help, by the way. This problem has bedeviled me for
| > | years.
| > |
| > | Thanks
| > |
| > | RB
| > |
| > |
| > | "macropod" wrote:
| > |
| > | > Hi,
| > | >
| > | > To select the starting shape # and make the document scroll to and select each found shape as you go, you could use:
| > | >
| > | > Sub FindShapes()
| > | > Dim i As Integer
| > | > Dim Result As Integer
| > | > With ActiveDocument
| > | > If .Shapes.Count > 0 Then
| > | > For i = Abs(Int(InputBox("This document has " & .Shapes.Count & " floating Shapes." _
| > | > & vbCrLf & "Please Input the Shape # to start your search at."))) To .Shapes.Count
| > | > .Shapes(i).Select
| > | > Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToPage, Name:=Selection.Information(wdActiveEndPageNumber)
| > | > .Shapes(i).Select
| > | > Result = MsgBox("Found Shape: " & .Shapes(i).Name & vbCrLf & "Continue Searching?", vbYesNo)
| > | > If Result = vbNo Then
| > | > Exit Sub
| > | > End If
| > | > Next
| > | > MsgBox "Finished."
| > | > End If
| > | > End With
| > | > End Sub
| > | >
| > | > I don't have any difficulty with the macro selecting shaps formatted with text wrapping set for "top and bottom".
| > | >
| > | > Cheers
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > macropod
| > | > [MVP - Microsoft Word]
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | Macropod, thanks.
| > | > |
| > | > | I copied and pasted the macro, and it works, sort of, but not quite the way
| > | > | I imagined. It finds pictures that are formatted as "tight" , but not those
| > | > | formatted with text wrapping set for "top and bottom." Also, when it finds a
| > | > | shape, it doesn't take me there. I have to say "no" to the dialogue, then use
| > | > | the "browse edits" tool to move to the selected picture. Then, when I run the
| > | > | macro again, it starts over at the top again, so I have to remember the
| > | > | sequence of pictures and keep saying "yes" until I reach the one I want to to
| > | > | look at. In other words, I almost have to know where they are so I can search
| > | > | for them. In the document I tried the macro on, for instance, the first
| > | > | picture was "235." After I used browse edits to reach 235, and ran the macro
| > | > | again, I said "yes" to 235, and "no" to 236, and then used browse edits to
| > | > | reach that. And so on. A bit cumbersome. Are there any other tweaks that
| > | > | might be written into the macro? I used to write lots of fancy macros in the
| > | > | the old wordperfect for DOS programs, but haven't done much but keystroke
| > | > | macros in Word, so I'm a bit rusty.
| > | > |
| > | > | Thanks
| > | > |
| > | > | RB
| > | > |
| > | > | "macropod" wrote:
| > | > |
| > | > | > Hi RB,
| > | > | >
| > | > | > You could use a macro like the following to go through the floating shapes.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Sub FindShapes()
| > | > | > Dim i As Integer
| > | > | > Dim Result As Integer
| > | > | > With ActiveDocument
| > | > | > If .Shapes.Count > 0 Then
| > | > | > For i = 1 To .Shapes.Count
| > | > | > Result = MsgBox("Found Shape: " & .Shapes(i).Name & vbCrLf & "Continue Searching?", vbYesNo)
| > | > | > If Result = vbNo Then
| > | > | > .Shapes(i).Select
| > | > | > Exit Sub
| > | > | > End If
| > | > | > Next
| > | > | > MsgBox "Finished."
| > | > | > End If
| > | > | > End With
| > | > | > End Sub
| > | > | >
| > | > | > As coded, if you tell the macro to stop searching before it's finished, it'll leave the last identified shape selected.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Cheers
| > | > | >
| > | > | > --
| > | > | > macropod
| > | > | > [MVP - Microsoft Word]
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | > | > | In Word 2000 and Word 2003, the "browse by" tool contains no provision for
| > | > | > | embedded pictures. (I use both versions.) I have some documents with various
| > | > | > | types of graphics and pictures: equations, imported bitmaps, imported jpegs.
| > | > | > | The "browse by graphic" finds equations, but not the others. I have
| > | > | > | determined that it will find them if I set the pictures to show "inline with
| > | > | > | text," but I need to format them in "tight" mode, or sometimes "In front of
| > | > | > | text," both options that put the picture on a different layer. At that point
| > | > | > | neither the browse tool nor the find function can locate them, because those
| > | > | > | tools only work on the text layer.
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | Is there any way to change this, or write a macro to do what I want? When I
| > | > | > | used Wordperfect, I had no problem searching for any types of graphics. When
| > | > | > | I want to check the final formatting in Word, I have to hunt for them
| > | > | > | visually.
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | RB
| > | > | >
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