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Try this. It's not super-efficient (because it starts again from the last row of the table after each deletion, so it searches the same rows multiple times), but it does the trick. 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-8225803">Sub RowKiller()

Dim sourceTable As Table
Dim cellContents As String, sSearchTerm As String
Dim iTotalRows As Integer, iTotalCols As Integer
Dim rIndex As Integer, cIndex As Integer

sSearchTerm = &quot;Attention&quot;
 
 For Each sourceTable In ActiveDocument.Tables
StartSearchFromTop:
 ' Initialize boolean and row counter:
 iTotalRows = sourceTable.Rows.Count
 iTotalCols = sourceTable.Columns.Count
 ' Check for sSearchTerm starting from last row and moving back to row 1:
 For rIndex = iTotalRows To 1 Step -1
 For cIndex = 1 To iTotalCols
 sourceTable.Cell(rIndex, cIndex).Select
 If InStr(1, Selection.Text, sSearchTerm) &gt; 0 Then
 sourceTable.Rows(rIndex).Delete
 GoTo StartSearchFromTop
 End If '
 Next cIndex
 Next rIndex
 Next ' sourceTable In doc1.Tables
End Sub
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Hi PandaPants, 
 
great job, this did the trick! Thank you very much for your professional help. Regards, Andreas
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Dear Experts. 
 
I got one (1) table located in the active Document. 
 
I wonder whether the following is possible using VBA 
 
If cells with the specific string 'Attention' are found, the whole row is to be deleted. 
 
Help is much appreciated. Thank you very much in advance. 
 
Regards, Andreas 
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Dear Experts. 

I got one (1) table located in the active Document. 

I wonder whether the following is possible using VBA

If cells with the specific string 'Attention' are found, the whole row is to be deleted. 

Help is much appreciated. Thank you very much in advance. 

Regards, Andreas 

conditionally delete rows

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