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Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated March 5, 2022)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Sam has a document that contains some tables in which he wants to delete some rows. The rows contain specific text, which he can certainly delete by using Find and Replace, but he wants to delete the entire rows that contain that text.
There is no way to do this (delete rows) using the normal Find and Replace features of Word. Instead, you need to use a macro that will find the text and then delete the entire row. Here is a relatively simple macro that will do the job:
Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Word 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Word, click here:
Sub DeleteRowWithSpecifiedText()
Dim sText As String
sText = InputBox("Enter text for Row to be deleted")
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = sText
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
End With
Do While Selection.Find.Execute
If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) Then
Selection.Rows.Delete
End If
Loop
End Sub
This macro first displays an input box that asks the user to specify the text to be searched for. It then starts searching for all instances of that text. If an instance is found, then the selection is checked to make sure it is within a table. If it is, then the entire row is deleted and the macro moves on to the next occurrence.
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2022-06-27 12:19:09
Allen,
Could this code be modified to delete the specified text in the first row only of the table?
To be clear, only delete the first row of a table if it contains the specific text - not any other row that might contain the text.
Thank you so much for your help!
A.
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