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One of the common things done during a macro is to create a new document. For instance, your macro could need the new document to hold processed text, or a different version of the document on which you are working.
To create a new document, simply include this line in your VBA macro:
Documents.Add
This creates a new document, based on Normal.Dot, adds it to the Documents collection, and makes the document active. This is the same as clicking the New button on the toolbar. If you want to create a new document based on a different template, simply use this command:
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Documents.Add("MyTemplate.dot")
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2018-10-10 08:54:40
Felix
To answer asfsadfd ljkljafslkdj's question (putting your name simply help answer a question if you ask one and you will look less silly just saying) you need to reference the addition in your code. You can do it simply by adding the following
Dim myDoc as Document
Set myDoc = Application.Documents.add
Now you can refer to your new word document with myDoc.
2018-02-27 07:38:07
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This works but after creating a document I need to know its name in order to reference it. How?
2017-08-11 12:38:48
John Buckle
Office 2016
This code crashes: Documents.Add
Error: Method or data member not found.
But this code works: Application.Documents.Add
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