VBA-Excel: Edit And Save an Existing Word Document

To Edit and save an existing Microsoft Word Document using Microsoft Excel, you need to follow the steps below:

• Create the object of Microsoft Word
• Using MS word object, Open the existing word document by providing the complete path
• Make the MS Word visible
• Create a Selection object with the help of WordObject.
• Edit the Word Document using SelectionObject
• Save the Word Document

Create the object of Microsoft Word

Set objWord = CreateObject(“Word.Application”)

Using MS word object, Open the existing word document by providing the complete path

Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Open("D:\OpenMe.docx")

Make the MS Word Visible

Create a Selection object with the help of WordObject.

Set objSelection = objWord.Selection

Edit the Word Document using SelectionObject

objSelection.TypeText ("I am new here" & vbCrLf)

Save the Word Document

Complete Code:

Function FnEditAndSaveWordDoc() Dim objWord Dim objDoc Dim objSelection Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application") Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Open("D:\OpenMe.docx") objWord.Visible = True Set objSelection = objWord.Selection objSelection.Font.Bold = True objSelection.Font.Size = "22" objSelection.TypeText ("I am new here" & vbCrLf) objDoc.Save End Function