Okay, now that I have steadied myself
I have a question about going further.
The documents are "read only", as the "read-only recommended" box is checked
in the security options of the documents. Is there a way to get rid of that
by macro? Did I do something wrong?
I am trying to change find/replace text in all of the documents but the
read-only is getting in the way.
thanks,
poi
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
Steady!
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My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
"poi" wrote in message
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I think I may love you Graham! This has saved me!!!!
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
If you copy and paste the macro from the message into into the vba
editor,
the macro when run prompts for the open and edit passwords. You don't
have
to edit the macro code. The passwords you enter are assigned to the
variables sPassword1 and sPassword2 and those passwords are used for all
the
documents. I did not include error trapping for missing or different
macros
which is why I said that it was intended to work with a set of files all
with the same macro. See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm which
explains how to use and depoloy macro listings
Public Sub UnPasswordAll()
Dim FirstLoop As Boolean
Dim strFileName As String
Dim sPassword1 As String
Dim sPassword2 As String
Dim strPath As String
Dim oDoc As Document
Dim Response As Long
Dim fDialog As FileDialog
Set fDialog = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
With fDialog
.Title = "Select folder and click OK"
.AllowMultiSelect = False
.InitialView = msoFileDialogViewList
If .Show -1 Then
MsgBox "Cancelled By User", , "Password"
Exit Sub
End If
strPath = fDialog.SelectedItems.Item(1)
If Right(strPath, 1) "\" Then strPath = strPath + "\"
End With
sPassword1 = InputBox("Enter Password to open Document")
sPassword2 = InputBox("Enter Password to edit Document")
On Error Resume Next
Documents.Close SaveChanges:=wdPromptToSaveChanges
FirstLoop = True
strFileName = Dir$(strPath & "*.doc")
While strFileName ""
Set oDoc = Documents.Open(strPath & strFileName, _
PasswordDocument:=sPassword1, _
WritePasswordDocument:=sPassword2)
If FirstLoop Then
With ActiveDocument
.Password = ""
.WritePassword = ""
End With
FirstLoop = False
Response = MsgBox("Do you want to process " & _
"the rest of the files in this folder", vbYesNo)
If Response = vbNo Then Exit Sub
Else
With ActiveDocument
.Password = ""
.WritePassword = ""
End With
End If
oDoc.Close SaveChanges:=wdSaveChanges
strFileName = Dir$()
Wend
End Sub
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Bruce Bumbier wrote:
Hello, On June 9 you sent me a batch macro to remove the same
password from multiple Word documents. I typed it in Visual basic in
Word but I need to know where to insert the old password in the
macro, i.e. after .Password = "" or ?? I am not a programmer so this
is all "Greek" to me.
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