Table Macro in Word

ocvidman · 11-04-2009, 02:08 AM

I have a document in word that i am trying to automate. In this document there are several tables and I want to have a macro that upon confirmation after clicking a macro button inserts a string and the time(with seconds) into the first available cell in that specific table.

**macropod** · 11-04-2009, 04:13 AM

Hi ocvidman,

What are you using for the automation? Formfields? A Userform? Macrobutton fields? Active-X controls? Content Controls?

How do you identify the particular table? What constiutes the 'first available cell' (any cell can be 'available', depending on your criteria)?

fumei · 11-06-2009, 12:18 PM

1. If it is a specific table, then bookmark it. Once bookmarked, you can make a table object of it by name - thus it does not matter if the table is moved, or if the number of rows/columns changes.

2. once you have your table object - and you have in fact defined your criteria of "first available" - then it is simple matter to test each cell using that criteria. The first cell that passes that criteria, put your string into it.

11-04-2009, 02:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
ocvidman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1 OS: win xp, vista, os x	Table Macro in Word I have a document in word that i am trying to automate. In this document there are several tables and I want to have a macro that upon confirmation after clicking a macro button inserts a string and the time(with seconds) into the first available cell in that specific table.

11-04-2009, 04:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
macropod TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 559 OS: Vista	Re: Table Macro in Word Hi ocvidman, What are you using for the automation? Formfields? A Userform? Macrobutton fields? Active-X controls? Content Controls? How do you identify the particular table? What constiutes the 'first available cell' (any cell can be 'available', depending on your criteria)? __________________ Cheers macropod (MS MVP -Word) Last edited by macropod; 11-04-2009 at 04:16 AM.

11-06-2009, 12:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
fumei Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 24 OS: Windows XP	Re: Table Macro in Word 1. If it is a specific table, then bookmark it. Once bookmarked, you can make a table object of it by name - thus it does not matter if the table is moved, or if the number of rows/columns changes. 2. once you have your table object - and you have in fact defined your criteria of "first available" - then it is simple matter to test each cell using that criteria. The first cell that passes that criteria, put your string into it.