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Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated November 19, 2022)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
If you need to, you can create a directory using VBA. This is done with the MkDir command, and is a remnant from the same command in earlier versions of BASIC. The syntax is:
MkDir DirName
where DirName is the full pathname of the directory you want to create. If you do not use a string variable to specify the directory name, then DirName must be enclosed in quotes. You might want to use this command if you want to create a directory where you can store temporary files you are building with your macro.
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