Find.Execute not found in text boxes

[Robin Guest]

I need to use the find method to search a document for a certain string. I
have found that the search does not include text boxes and I need it to.

On my PC (using Word 2000) if I create a text box and populate it with the
word 'Hello' and then use the find function, it is found in the text box.

If I use vba to find, it does not find it in the text box. Even if I record
a macro of the successful manual find, when I play the macro the find is not
found.

Can anyone shed any light on this?

 

[Helmut Weber]

Hi Robin,
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ReplaceAnywhere.htm
It is the very last example, named
Public Sub SREntireDoc()

 

[Robin Guest]

Dear Helmut,

The MS site reported that neither of my questions had been posted. I
subsequently found your reply to another questioner under the search 'text
boxes' rather than 'find' which I had tried before.

I thank you for responding again to the posting and apologise for the fact
that you had to do so at least twice.

Your answer was very useful thank you, if not a little disappointing!

Best regards

Robin