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Mark inserted AutoText with bookmark VBA

I want to insert AutoText (with styles and colours) in the document en mark this range as a bookmark with Word VBA. I know how to do this with normal text, but I can't figure out how to mark the inserted Autotext. Help would be very welcome and appreciated.

Kind regards, Kem

Solution

  • When you insert AutoText, it returns a Range object representing the inserted AutoText. Assuming doc is your Document and you want to insert the AutoText item at the Selection:

    ' add AutoText item
Dim rng As Range
Set rng = doc.AttachedTemplate.AutoTextEntries.Item("MyAutoTextItem").Insert(Selection.Range, True)

' set it to be a Bookmark
Dim bkmk As Bookmark
Set bkmk = doc.Bookmarks.Add("MyBookmark", rng)

    ... obviously adjust "MyAutoTextItem" and "MyBookmark" for your requirements