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Quick way to delete empty rows?
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I have provided with 150 tables to use in a document. Most of the tables have empty rows (to divide data visually). Due to space considerations, I'd like to get rid of all the blank rows. Is there a way to find and delete only the empty rows in a table? MS Word version is 2003. Operating system is Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2. Thanks! Beth |
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Quick way to delete empty rows?
You can use a macro to delete all the empty rows. The macro below should do
the job. --------------- Sub DeleteEmptyRows_AllTables() Dim oTable As Table Dim oRow As Row For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables For Each oRow In oTable.Rows 'Check whether row is empty - delete if it is If Len(oRow.Range.Text) = oRow.Cells.Count * 2 + 2 Then oRow.Delete End If Next oRow Next oTable Exit Sub End Sub --------------- How it works: The macro iterates through all tables in the active document and finds (and deletes) the empty rows by checking the total string length of each row. - An empty cell includes a cell maker with a length of 2. - In addition, each row includes an end of row marker with a length of 2. Therefore, the row is empty if the string length is equal to the number of cells in the row multiplied by 2 + 2. You will find another macro version at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DeleteEmptyRows.htm NOTE that both macro versions will fail if the table contains vertically merged cells (requires some error handling). For help on installing macros, see: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Beth Brooks" wrote: Hi! I have provided with 150 tables to use in a document. Most of the tables have empty rows (to divide data visually). Due to space considerations, I'd like to get rid of all the blank rows. Is there a way to find and delete only the empty rows in a table? MS Word version is 2003. Operating system is Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2. Thanks! Beth |
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Quick way to delete empty rows?
I tested this macro in my merge document. I am having a problem with it
deleting rows in all merged letters based on the first letter instead of deleting based on the individual letter. Is there a way to avoid this? "Lene Fredborg" wrote: You can use a macro to delete all the empty rows. The macro below should do the job. --------------- Sub DeleteEmptyRows_AllTables() Dim oTable As Table Dim oRow As Row For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables For Each oRow In oTable.Rows 'Check whether row is empty - delete if it is If Len(oRow.Range.Text) = oRow.Cells.Count * 2 + 2 Then oRow.Delete End If Next oRow Next oTable Exit Sub End Sub --------------- How it works: The macro iterates through all tables in the active document and finds (and deletes) the empty rows by checking the total string length of each row. - An empty cell includes a cell maker with a length of 2. - In addition, each row includes an end of row marker with a length of 2. Therefore, the row is empty if the string length is equal to the number of cells in the row multiplied by 2 + 2. You will find another macro version at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DeleteEmptyRows.htm NOTE that both macro versions will fail if the table contains vertically merged cells (requires some error handling). For help on installing macros, see: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Beth Brooks" wrote: Hi! I have provided with 150 tables to use in a document. Most of the tables have empty rows (to divide data visually). Due to space considerations, I'd like to get rid of all the blank rows. Is there a way to find and delete only the empty rows in a table? MS Word version is 2003. Operating system is Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2. Thanks! Beth |
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Quick way to delete empty rows?
Could you provide more details about the problem. What happens? Do you see an
error message - and in that case, what doet it tell? --- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Tanya" wrote: I tested this macro in my merge document. I am having a problem with it deleting rows in all merged letters based on the first letter instead of deleting based on the individual letter. Is there a way to avoid this? "Lene Fredborg" wrote: You can use a macro to delete all the empty rows. The macro below should do the job. --------------- Sub DeleteEmptyRows_AllTables() Dim oTable As Table Dim oRow As Row For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables For Each oRow In oTable.Rows 'Check whether row is empty - delete if it is If Len(oRow.Range.Text) = oRow.Cells.Count * 2 + 2 Then oRow.Delete End If Next oRow Next oTable Exit Sub End Sub --------------- How it works: The macro iterates through all tables in the active document and finds (and deletes) the empty rows by checking the total string length of each row. - An empty cell includes a cell maker with a length of 2. - In addition, each row includes an end of row marker with a length of 2. Therefore, the row is empty if the string length is equal to the number of cells in the row multiplied by 2 + 2. You will find another macro version at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DeleteEmptyRows.htm NOTE that both macro versions will fail if the table contains vertically merged cells (requires some error handling). For help on installing macros, see: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Beth Brooks" wrote: Hi! I have provided with 150 tables to use in a document. Most of the tables have empty rows (to divide data visually). Due to space considerations, I'd like to get rid of all the blank rows. Is there a way to find and delete only the empty rows in a table? MS Word version is 2003. Operating system is Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2. Thanks! Beth |
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Quick way to delete empty rows?
I am not getting an error message. I want the macro to run on all tables
within a merged document. The macro needs to loop through each merge record base on each unique mergefield. "Lene Fredborg" wrote: Could you provide more details about the problem. What happens? Do you see an error message - and in that case, what doet it tell? --- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Tanya" wrote: I tested this macro in my merge document. I am having a problem with it deleting rows in all merged letters based on the first letter instead of deleting based on the individual letter. Is there a way to avoid this? "Lene Fredborg" wrote: You can use a macro to delete all the empty rows. The macro below should do the job. --------------- Sub DeleteEmptyRows_AllTables() Dim oTable As Table Dim oRow As Row For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables For Each oRow In oTable.Rows 'Check whether row is empty - delete if it is If Len(oRow.Range.Text) = oRow.Cells.Count * 2 + 2 Then oRow.Delete End If Next oRow Next oTable Exit Sub End Sub --------------- How it works: The macro iterates through all tables in the active document and finds (and deletes) the empty rows by checking the total string length of each row. - An empty cell includes a cell maker with a length of 2. - In addition, each row includes an end of row marker with a length of 2. Therefore, the row is empty if the string length is equal to the number of cells in the row multiplied by 2 + 2. You will find another macro version at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DeleteEmptyRows.htm NOTE that both macro versions will fail if the table contains vertically merged cells (requires some error handling). For help on installing macros, see: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Beth Brooks" wrote: Hi! I have provided with 150 tables to use in a document. Most of the tables have empty rows (to divide data visually). Due to space considerations, I'd like to get rid of all the blank rows. Is there a way to find and delete only the empty rows in a table? MS Word version is 2003. Operating system is Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2. Thanks! Beth |
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Quick way to delete empty rows?
I am not sure I understand exactly what you want to do. The macro does what
is described in my first post: deletes empty rows in _all_ tables in the active document. Do you want the macro to delete empty rows in only one _section_ of the document (each section corresponding to a letter)?. If that is the case, try to replace the code line: For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables with the following line: For Each oTable In Selection.Sections(1).Range.Tables Then the macro will only delete empty rows from the tables in the section in which the insertion point is found (or in case you have selected text, in the section where the selection starts). -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Tanya" wrote: I am not getting an error message. I want the macro to run on all tables within a merged document. The macro needs to loop through each merge record base on each unique mergefield. "Lene Fredborg" wrote: Could you provide more details about the problem. What happens? Do you see an error message - and in that case, what doet it tell? --- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Tanya" wrote: I tested this macro in my merge document. I am having a problem with it deleting rows in all merged letters based on the first letter instead of deleting based on the individual letter. Is there a way to avoid this? "Lene Fredborg" wrote: You can use a macro to delete all the empty rows. The macro below should do the job. --------------- Sub DeleteEmptyRows_AllTables() Dim oTable As Table Dim oRow As Row For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables For Each oRow In oTable.Rows 'Check whether row is empty - delete if it is If Len(oRow.Range.Text) = oRow.Cells.Count * 2 + 2 Then oRow.Delete End If Next oRow Next oTable Exit Sub End Sub --------------- How it works: The macro iterates through all tables in the active document and finds (and deletes) the empty rows by checking the total string length of each row. - An empty cell includes a cell maker with a length of 2. - In addition, each row includes an end of row marker with a length of 2. Therefore, the row is empty if the string length is equal to the number of cells in the row multiplied by 2 + 2. You will find another macro version at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DeleteEmptyRows.htm NOTE that both macro versions will fail if the table contains vertically merged cells (requires some error handling). For help on installing macros, see: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Beth Brooks" wrote: Hi! I have provided with 150 tables to use in a document. Most of the tables have empty rows (to divide data visually). Due to space considerations, I'd like to get rid of all the blank rows. Is there a way to find and delete only the empty rows in a table? MS Word version is 2003. Operating system is Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2. Thanks! Beth |
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Quick way to delete empty rows?
I have the same problem, I am using the following macro:
Sub DeleteEmptyRows() ' ' DeleteEmptyRows Macro ' ' Dim oTable As Table Dim oRow As Row For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables For Each oRow In oTable.Rows 'Check whether row is empty - delete if it is If Len(oRow.Range.Text) = oRow.Cells.Count * 2 + 2 Then oRow.Delete End If Next oRow Next oTable Exit Sub End Sub The issue is that once a mail merge is done and you have say 100 pages of tables (each table seperated by a ":::::::::::section break (next page)::::::::::"), and you run the macro above, ONLY the blank rows in the FIRST Table/page are deleted. My tables have 6 columns and 21 rows. FYI - if I move to the next table/page "Lene Fredborg" wrote: I am not sure I understand exactly what you want to do. The macro does what is described in my first post: deletes empty rows in _all_ tables in the active document. Do you want the macro to delete empty rows in only one _section_ of the document (each section corresponding to a letter)?. If that is the case, try to replace the code line: For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables with the following line: For Each oTable In Selection.Sections(1).Range.Tables Then the macro will only delete empty rows from the tables in the section in which the insertion point is found (or in case you have selected text, in the section where the selection starts). -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Tanya" wrote: I am not getting an error message. I want the macro to run on all tables within a merged document. The macro needs to loop through each merge record base on each unique mergefield. "Lene Fredborg" wrote: Could you provide more details about the problem. What happens? Do you see an error message - and in that case, what doet it tell? --- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Tanya" wrote: I tested this macro in my merge document. I am having a problem with it deleting rows in all merged letters based on the first letter instead of deleting based on the individual letter. Is there a way to avoid this? "Lene Fredborg" wrote: You can use a macro to delete all the empty rows. The macro below should do the job. --------------- Sub DeleteEmptyRows_AllTables() Dim oTable As Table Dim oRow As Row For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables For Each oRow In oTable.Rows 'Check whether row is empty - delete if it is If Len(oRow.Range.Text) = oRow.Cells.Count * 2 + 2 Then oRow.Delete End If Next oRow Next oTable Exit Sub End Sub --------------- How it works: The macro iterates through all tables in the active document and finds (and deletes) the empty rows by checking the total string length of each row. - An empty cell includes a cell maker with a length of 2. - In addition, each row includes an end of row marker with a length of 2. Therefore, the row is empty if the string length is equal to the number of cells in the row multiplied by 2 + 2. You will find another macro version at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DeleteEmptyRows.htm NOTE that both macro versions will fail if the table contains vertically merged cells (requires some error handling). For help on installing macros, see: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Beth Brooks" wrote: Hi! I have provided with 150 tables to use in a document. Most of the tables have empty rows (to divide data visually). Due to space considerations, I'd like to get rid of all the blank rows. Is there a way to find and delete only the empty rows in a table? MS Word version is 2003. Operating system is Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2. Thanks! Beth |
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Quick way to delete empty rows?
I just made a test with mail merge and the macro deleted every empty row in
every table throughout the document. I don't know what causes your problem. Are the rows really empty €“ have you turned on non-printing characters (Ctrl+Shift+8) to check that there are no spaces, tabs or other non-printing characters? Have you tried stepping through the macro using F8 in the VBE editor while you watch what happens in your document? -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Lightjag" wrote: I have the same problem, I am using the following macro: Sub DeleteEmptyRows() ' ' DeleteEmptyRows Macro ' ' Dim oTable As Table Dim oRow As Row For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables For Each oRow In oTable.Rows 'Check whether row is empty - delete if it is If Len(oRow.Range.Text) = oRow.Cells.Count * 2 + 2 Then oRow.Delete End If Next oRow Next oTable Exit Sub End Sub The issue is that once a mail merge is done and you have say 100 pages of tables (each table seperated by a ":::::::::::section break (next page)::::::::::"), and you run the macro above, ONLY the blank rows in the FIRST Table/page are deleted. My tables have 6 columns and 21 rows. FYI - if I move to the next table/page "Lene Fredborg" wrote: I am not sure I understand exactly what you want to do. The macro does what is described in my first post: deletes empty rows in _all_ tables in the active document. Do you want the macro to delete empty rows in only one _section_ of the document (each section corresponding to a letter)?. If that is the case, try to replace the code line: For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables with the following line: For Each oTable In Selection.Sections(1).Range.Tables Then the macro will only delete empty rows from the tables in the section in which the insertion point is found (or in case you have selected text, in the section where the selection starts). -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Tanya" wrote: I am not getting an error message. I want the macro to run on all tables within a merged document. The macro needs to loop through each merge record base on each unique mergefield. "Lene Fredborg" wrote: Could you provide more details about the problem. What happens? Do you see an error message - and in that case, what doet it tell? --- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Tanya" wrote: I tested this macro in my merge document. I am having a problem with it deleting rows in all merged letters based on the first letter instead of deleting based on the individual letter. Is there a way to avoid this? "Lene Fredborg" wrote: You can use a macro to delete all the empty rows. The macro below should do the job. --------------- Sub DeleteEmptyRows_AllTables() Dim oTable As Table Dim oRow As Row For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables For Each oRow In oTable.Rows 'Check whether row is empty - delete if it is If Len(oRow.Range.Text) = oRow.Cells.Count * 2 + 2 Then oRow.Delete End If Next oRow Next oTable Exit Sub End Sub --------------- How it works: The macro iterates through all tables in the active document and finds (and deletes) the empty rows by checking the total string length of each row. - An empty cell includes a cell maker with a length of 2. - In addition, each row includes an end of row marker with a length of 2. Therefore, the row is empty if the string length is equal to the number of cells in the row multiplied by 2 + 2. You will find another macro version at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DeleteEmptyRows.htm NOTE that both macro versions will fail if the table contains vertically merged cells (requires some error handling). For help on installing macros, see: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Beth Brooks" wrote: Hi! I have provided with 150 tables to use in a document. Most of the tables have empty rows (to divide data visually). Due to space considerations, I'd like to get rid of all the blank rows. Is there a way to find and delete only the empty rows in a table? MS Word version is 2003. Operating system is Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2. Thanks! Beth |
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Quick way to delete empty rows?
Thanks it works now. I had to remove the "tabs" that where infront of the
fields (pulling from excel). "Lene Fredborg" wrote: I just made a test with mail merge and the macro deleted every empty row in every table throughout the document. I don't know what causes your problem. Are the rows really empty €“ have you turned on non-printing characters (Ctrl+Shift+8) to check that there are no spaces, tabs or other non-printing characters? Have you tried stepping through the macro using F8 in the VBE editor while you watch what happens in your document? -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Lightjag" wrote: I have the same problem, I am using the following macro: Sub DeleteEmptyRows() ' ' DeleteEmptyRows Macro ' ' Dim oTable As Table Dim oRow As Row For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables For Each oRow In oTable.Rows 'Check whether row is empty - delete if it is If Len(oRow.Range.Text) = oRow.Cells.Count * 2 + 2 Then oRow.Delete End If Next oRow Next oTable Exit Sub End Sub The issue is that once a mail merge is done and you have say 100 pages of tables (each table seperated by a ":::::::::::section break (next page)::::::::::"), and you run the macro above, ONLY the blank rows in the FIRST Table/page are deleted. My tables have 6 columns and 21 rows. FYI - if I move to the next table/page "Lene Fredborg" wrote: I am not sure I understand exactly what you want to do. The macro does what is described in my first post: deletes empty rows in _all_ tables in the active document. Do you want the macro to delete empty rows in only one _section_ of the document (each section corresponding to a letter)?. If that is the case, try to replace the code line: For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables with the following line: For Each oTable In Selection.Sections(1).Range.Tables Then the macro will only delete empty rows from the tables in the section in which the insertion point is found (or in case you have selected text, in the section where the selection starts). -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Tanya" wrote: I am not getting an error message. I want the macro to run on all tables within a merged document. The macro needs to loop through each merge record base on each unique mergefield. "Lene Fredborg" wrote: Could you provide more details about the problem. What happens? Do you see an error message - and in that case, what doet it tell? --- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Tanya" wrote: I tested this macro in my merge document. I am having a problem with it deleting rows in all merged letters based on the first letter instead of deleting based on the individual letter. Is there a way to avoid this? "Lene Fredborg" wrote: You can use a macro to delete all the empty rows. The macro below should do the job. --------------- Sub DeleteEmptyRows_AllTables() Dim oTable As Table Dim oRow As Row For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables For Each oRow In oTable.Rows 'Check whether row is empty - delete if it is If Len(oRow.Range.Text) = oRow.Cells.Count * 2 + 2 Then oRow.Delete End If Next oRow Next oTable Exit Sub End Sub --------------- How it works: The macro iterates through all tables in the active document and finds (and deletes) the empty rows by checking the total string length of each row. - An empty cell includes a cell maker with a length of 2. - In addition, each row includes an end of row marker with a length of 2. Therefore, the row is empty if the string length is equal to the number of cells in the row multiplied by 2 + 2. You will find another macro version at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DeleteEmptyRows.htm NOTE that both macro versions will fail if the table contains vertically merged cells (requires some error handling). For help on installing macros, see: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Beth Brooks" wrote: Hi! I have provided with 150 tables to use in a document. Most of the tables have empty rows (to divide data visually). Due to space considerations, I'd like to get rid of all the blank rows. Is there a way to find and delete only the empty rows in a table? MS Word version is 2003. Operating system is Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2. Thanks! Beth |
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I would like to modify the macro below to delete a row based on a value in
one of the columns. For example, one of the columns is Port Value (with field names p1, p2,.....p10). If any of the P {fields} return 0 (or bank, or if P 1 would work) then delete row. What change would be require to the macro? Thanks "Lightjag" wrote: Thanks it works now. I had to remove the "tabs" that where infront of the fields (pulling from excel). "Lene Fredborg" wrote: I just made a test with mail merge and the macro deleted every empty row in every table throughout the document. I don't know what causes your problem. Are the rows really empty €“ have you turned on non-printing characters (Ctrl+Shift+8) to check that there are no spaces, tabs or other non-printing characters? Have you tried stepping through the macro using F8 in the VBE editor while you watch what happens in your document? -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Lightjag" wrote: I have the same problem, I am using the following macro: Sub DeleteEmptyRows() ' ' DeleteEmptyRows Macro ' ' Dim oTable As Table Dim oRow As Row For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables For Each oRow In oTable.Rows 'Check whether row is empty - delete if it is If Len(oRow.Range.Text) = oRow.Cells.Count * 2 + 2 Then oRow.Delete End If Next oRow Next oTable Exit Sub End Sub The issue is that once a mail merge is done and you have say 100 pages of tables (each table seperated by a ":::::::::::section break (next page)::::::::::"), and you run the macro above, ONLY the blank rows in the FIRST Table/page are deleted. My tables have 6 columns and 21 rows. FYI - if I move to the next table/page "Lene Fredborg" wrote: I am not sure I understand exactly what you want to do. The macro does what is described in my first post: deletes empty rows in _all_ tables in the active document. Do you want the macro to delete empty rows in only one _section_ of the document (each section corresponding to a letter)?. If that is the case, try to replace the code line: For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables with the following line: For Each oTable In Selection.Sections(1).Range.Tables Then the macro will only delete empty rows from the tables in the section in which the insertion point is found (or in case you have selected text, in the section where the selection starts). -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Tanya" wrote: I am not getting an error message. I want the macro to run on all tables within a merged document. The macro needs to loop through each merge record base on each unique mergefield. "Lene Fredborg" wrote: Could you provide more details about the problem. What happens? Do you see an error message - and in that case, what doet it tell? --- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Tanya" wrote: I tested this macro in my merge document. I am having a problem with it deleting rows in all merged letters based on the first letter instead of deleting based on the individual letter. Is there a way to avoid this? "Lene Fredborg" wrote: You can use a macro to delete all the empty rows. The macro below should do the job. --------------- Sub DeleteEmptyRows_AllTables() Dim oTable As Table Dim oRow As Row For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Tables For Each oRow In oTable.Rows 'Check whether row is empty - delete if it is If Len(oRow.Range.Text) = oRow.Cells.Count * 2 + 2 Then oRow.Delete End If Next oRow Next oTable Exit Sub End Sub --------------- How it works: The macro iterates through all tables in the active document and finds (and deletes) the empty rows by checking the total string length of each row. - An empty cell includes a cell maker with a length of 2. - In addition, each row includes an end of row marker with a length of 2. Therefore, the row is empty if the string length is equal to the number of cells in the row multiplied by 2 + 2. You will find another macro version at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DeleteEmptyRows.htm NOTE that both macro versions will fail if the table contains vertically merged cells (requires some error handling). For help on installing macros, see: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Beth Brooks" wrote: Hi! I have provided with 150 tables to use in a document. Most of the tables have empty rows (to divide data visually). Due to space considerations, I'd like to get rid of all the blank rows. Is there a way to find and delete only the empty rows in a table? MS Word version is 2003. Operating system is Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2. Thanks! Beth |
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