How to delete a range of text base on keywords?

[Brad]

Hello all. I am trying to format a log file from ACL that is inserted into
Word. There is certain code when commented that we do not want to show up in
the Word document. I cannot seem to write a successful loop to do the
following:

1) Search for the phrase "COMMENT - Begin Delete" in the word document
2) Delete that phrase and any subsequent characters until it finds the next
phrase "COMMENT - End Delete" (inwhich that phrase also needs to be deleted)

My idea was to do something similar to below but I need it to be able to
delete the range multiple times if it appears.

Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "COMMENT - Begin Delete"
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
Selection.Extend
Selection.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "COMMENT - End Delete"
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute
Selection.Delete
Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory

Thanks for any help you may be able to provide!
-Brad

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You don't really need a macro to do it. Use Edit>Replace and click on the
More button and then check the "Use Wildcards" box and enter

COMMENT - Begin Delete * COMMENT - End Delete

into the Find what control and leave the Replace with control empty and then
click on Replace All.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Brad]

Doug, thanks for the response. However, I will need to create a macro for
this. We run a macro that kicks off about 30 macros in turn to format our
log files a certain way in MS Word. This is another feature that has been
requested of me to add.

Thanks!
Brad

 

[Brad]

I tried out the wildcard search and it worked, but only if the 2 phrases were
on the same line. I should have mentioned that these phrases will occur
around blocks of code that we want deleted.

Any further help would be appreciated developing this macro!
-Brad