Parse Word file and evaluate variables

Dear All,

I've been facing some Excel macro issues and now realise I should just get it done on my native files format: Word.
For reference, I've been bothering you with a related Excel query, withh all description available here: https://www.excelforum.com/excel-pro...ompute-it.html

I’m using tags and will put a space after each > to avoid the ticket to be rejected by the site.

Summary: I have a Word file containing plenty of variables of the following format: < VMA*>
VMA is a value to be input by the user (format should be "mm:ss")
The * is a number between 1 and 500, sometimes followed by a simple operation.
Examples, let's say user input "05:10" for VMA:
< VMA70> Should be interpreted as 70% of "05:10", that is, "07:23"
< VMA100/5> Should be interpreted as "05:10"/5, that is, "01:02"

I have no skills in VBA and wonder how I could get user input, parse the file, and replace each variable by its computed value.

Enclosed is a source file I'd like to get working.

Would you be so kind to look into it?

Thanks a lot!
G

Thanks for your response.

The "05:10" example is a value input by the user when starting the macro.
I was thinking about a dialog box where user can just input his value.

Based on this, all occurrences of < VMA******> need to be calculated in the file.
If we again assume that user has input "05:10" as "VMA" when initially prompted, the following values should appear in the file:

2x(5x200m+< VMA100/5>)+02:00 à < VMA100> min/km
to become:
2x(5x200m+01:02)+02:00 à 05:10 min/km

6 à 8x400m+< VMA95/2.5> à < VMA95> min/km
to become:
6 à 8x400m+01:58 à 05:26 min/km

Thanks again

Up?
Thank you!

It DOES work, and manage to study your code to understand it!
Thanks so much, I’m sincerely grateful!