VBA-Excel: Appending Text to Existing Word Document - at Beginning

To append the text at the beginning of the already existing Microsoft Word Document using Microsoft Excel, you need to follow the steps below:

• Create the object of Microsoft Word
• Using MS word object, Open the existing word document by providing the complete path
• Make the MS Word visible
• Create a Selection object with the help of WordObject.
• Append the text in  the Word Document using SelectionObject

Create the object of Microsoft Word

Set objWord = CreateObject(“Word.Application”)

Using MS word object, Open the existing word document by providing the complete path

Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Open("D:\OpenMe.docx")

Make the MS Word Visible

objWord.Visible = True

Create a Selection object with the help of WordObject.

Set objSelection = objWord.Selection

Append the text in  the Word Document using SelectionObject

objSelection.TypeText ("Yeahhh..I will be at the Beginning of the Document. J" & vbCrLf)

Complete Code:

Function FnAppendAtBeginning()

   Dim objWord

   Dim objDoc

   Dim objSelection

   Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")

   Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Open("D:\OpenMe.docx")

   objWord.Visible = True

   Set objSelection = objWord.Selection

   objSelection.Font.Bold = True

   objSelection.Font.Size = "25"
   objSelection.Font.Color = RGB(124, 123, 0)    

   objSelection.TypeText ("Yeahhh..I will be at the Beginning of the Document. :)" &  vbCrLf)

End Function

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