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For a macro that converts existing documents to to the new company design, I need to insert header and footer items. I thought it would be easy, like this:<br />
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NormalTemplate.AutoTextEnt<wbr />ries(&quot;New Company Header&quot;).Insert ActiveDocument.StoryRanges<wbr />(wdPrimary<wbr />HeaderStor<wbr />y), True<br />
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However, this line gives a run-time error if the active document doesn't yet have a header. Entering a space into the header by hand solves the problem, but that's not satisfactory, because I want to have the full conversion automated.<br />
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I can't find any way in VBA to create header and footer in a document that doesn't yet have them. Anyone?
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For a macro that converts existing documents to to the new company design, I need to insert header and footer items. I thought it would be easy, like this:

NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries("New Company Header").Insert ActiveDocument.StoryRanges(wdPrimaryHeaderStory), True

However, this line gives a run-time error if the active document doesn't yet have a header. Entering a space into the header by hand solves the problem, but that's not satisfactory, because I want to have the full conversion automated.

I can't find any way in VBA to create header and footer in a document that doesn't yet have them. Anyone?

Create Header and Footer from VBA

Visual Basic is Microsoft’s event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) for its Component Object Model (COM) programming model. It is relatively easy to learn and use because of its graphical development features and BASIC heritage. It has been replaced with VB.NET, and is very similar to VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the programming language for the Microsoft Office product line.

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Microsoft Word is a commercial document editing program that is part of the Microsoft Office suite. It features numerous text-editing tools for creating richly formatted documents, along with tools for the use of macros in Word documents. Word's native file formats are denoted either by a .doc or .docx file extension. Plugins permitting the Windows versions of Word to read and write formats it does not natively support, such as the OpenDocument format (ODF) are available. Word can import and display images in common bitmap formats such as JPG and GIF. It can also be used to create and display simple line-art.