Scenario-
To track certain events I have a table in Word (4 columns x multiple rows). I regularly Cut a row from Word and paste it into Excel for archiving purposes when an event is finished
Multiple people use the same files, however, they access it from different PC's running different versions of MS Office.
Method-
As the formatting in the archive isn't important, I have developed a macro in Word that selects the entire row and strips out as much formatting as possible, including special characters such as Carriage feeds, paragraph breaks etc. Essentially I end up with a big block of unformatted text across 4 cells which is fine, it suits the requirements.
The macro then cuts the row to clipboard and the user opens Excel and pastes in using another macro which simply picks the next available cell in a column and does a Paste Special (as text).
For multiple rows, the user selects multiple rows in Word and applies the Macros
Results-
On a machine running Word & Excel 2000 both single rows and multiple rows are pasted between the two fine.
On a machine running Word & Excell 2002 where the user is pasting a single row, it works fine. 4 table cells are copied across to 4 Excel cells as expected.
On a machine running Word & Excel 2002 and the user is pasting multiple rows from Word.. only the FIRST row is pasted (correctly)... but the others just disappear......no sign of them...
Any ideas...
This only affects users on 2002 and only when pasting across multiple rows..other circumstances it's fine.... where are these extra rows disappearing off to ?? (I have checked under the desk )
Apologies for the long winded first post but I wanted to get as many facts in as possible.
Your help here is greatly appreciated
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