WD2000: Macro to Retrieve Text from Each Cell in a Table (209223)

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For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro loops through each cell in the first table of the active document, assigns a value to the string variable sCellText, and displays the value of sCellText in a message box. This macro cycles through the table cells moving from left to right and then down the table rows.

Sub RetrieveTableItems()

   Dim oRow As Row
   Dim oCell As Cell
   Dim sCellText As String
   ' Turn on error checking.
   On Error GoTo ErrorHandler

   ' Loop through each row in the table.
   For Each oRow In ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Rows

      ' Loop through each cell in the current row.
      For Each oCell In oRow.Cells
         ' Set sCellText equal to text of the cell.
         ' Note: This section can be modified to suit
         ' your programming purposes.
         sCellText = oCell.Range
         ' Remove table cell markers from the text.
         sCellText = Left$(sCellText, Len(sCellText) - 2)
         MsgBox sCellText

      Next oCell

   Next oRow

ErrorHandler:
   If Err <> 0 then
      Dim Msg As String
      Msg = "Error # " & Str(Err.Number) & Chr(13) & Err.Description _
         & Chr(13) & "Make sure there is a table in the current document."
         MsgBox Msg, , "Error"
   End If

End Sub