Saving a selection in Word

[Sherry Akins]

Is there any way to select a section of text in Word and
have it save just that selection as a new document
without cut and paste?

One of my users is converting from WordPerfect to Word.
She tells me that in WordPerfect you can select a portion
of text and do "Save As", at which time it will ask if
you wish to save the entire document or just the
selection. She wants to be able to do the same thing in
Word, but I don't know of a way to do so. Any ideas?

Thanks!
Sherry

 

[Jay Freedman]

Is there any way to select a section of text in Word and
have it save just that selection as a new document
without cut and paste?

One of my users is converting from WordPerfect to Word.
She tells me that in WordPerfect you can select a portion
of text and do "Save As", at which time it will ask if
you wish to save the entire document or just the
selection. She wants to be able to do the same thing in
Word, but I don't know of a way to do so. Any ideas?

Thanks!
Sherry

How simple is this? Select the portion of text you want, drag it to the
desktop, and drop it there. It creates a "scrap" file. Later you can drag
the scrap into another document, double-click it to open it by itself,
rename it, move it to another folder, etc.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Jay's suggestion works just fine, but to get it closer to what your user
wants, you'll need a macro

Sub CopySelectedToNewDoc()
On Error GoTo Oops
Selection.Copy
Documents.Add Template:="Normal"
Selection.Paste
End
ActiveDocument.Save
Oops:
MsgBox "Select the text you wish to copy first!"
End Sub

You'll find instructions for using macro listings on my web site.

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[Guest]

Thanks Jay and Graham, both, for the response.

The only problem I see with the "scrap" file is that she
normally works with a maximized window. In order to drag
to the desktop, she would have to minimize or restore her
window each time.