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changing text inside footer/header by vb code

hi,

is there a way to say in vb under word doc:
dim n as integer
n=0
for each word in this document's headers and footers (lets say there's only one duplicated header and footer for every page), n=n+1? (i know it will also count commas, spaces etc.. i dont care)

thanks!

Robin Uijt

In Word, in VBA, you could count the words as in the following code example.
If that's what you want.

'Header
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageHeader
Selection.EndKey Unit:=wdLine, Extend:=wdExtend
Debug.Print Selection.Words.Count
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekMainDocument
 
'Footer
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageFooter
Selection.EndKey Unit:=wdLine, Extend:=wdExtend
Debug.Print Selection.Words.Count
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekMainDocument

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thanks,
but my real intension is not counting the words, but to replace words that begins with FLD with lets say the word Try, so i planned to put this code lines:

dim str as string
str="Try"
(for each word in the headers and footers)
for n=1 to (footer/header.words.count - not sure how to write this)
if left$(trim$(words(n).text,3)="FLD" then (here too, im not sure if "words(n)" is correct to write)
words(n).text=str
next n

can you please arrange together what you wrote and what i wrote to one complete code?
thanks!

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