Adding user's selected text as new item in listbox. Joanne Christensen 12/21/2008 3:36:23 PM I am trying to create a macro that would take whatever text has been highlighted in a Word Document by the user and then add it on the fly to a list box on a modeless form. The part that I am having trouble is somehow capturing the contents of the selected text so I can make mytext in the ListBox1.AddItem (mytext) be the highlighted text. I am lost at the present time trying to sort out using range and selection. If there is anyone who could help me with me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks!

Re: Adding user's selected text as new item in listbox. Jay Freedman <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> 12/21/2008 4:07:29 PM On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 07:36:23 -0800, Joanne Christensen <Joanne Christensen[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I am trying to create a macro that would take whatever text has been >highlighted in a Word Document by the user and then add it on the fly to a >list box on a modeless form. The part that I am having trouble is somehow >capturing the contents of the selected text so I can make mytext in the >ListBox1.AddItem (mytext) be the highlighted text. I am lost at the present >time trying to sort out using range and selection. If there is anyone who >could help me with me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks! The code you're looking for is mytext = Selection.Text ListBox1.AddItem mytext or, if you don't need to use the variable mytext for something else, simply use ListBox1.AddItem Selection.Text -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.

Re: Adding user's selected text as new item in listbox. Joanne Christensen 12/21/2008 4:23:01 PM Thanks, Jay, for taking the time to provide the info. I really appreciate it. "Jay Freedman" wrote: [Quoted Text] > On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 07:36:23 -0800, Joanne Christensen <Joanne > Christensen[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >I am trying to create a macro that would take whatever text has been > >highlighted in a Word Document by the user and then add it on the fly to a > >list box on a modeless form. The part that I am having trouble is somehow > >capturing the contents of the selected text so I can make mytext in the > >ListBox1.AddItem (mytext) be the highlighted text. I am lost at the present > >time trying to sort out using range and selection. If there is anyone who > >could help me with me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks! > > The code you're looking for is > > mytext = Selection.Text > ListBox1.AddItem mytext > > or, if you don't need to use the variable mytext for something else, simply use > > ListBox1.AddItem Selection.Text > > > -- > Regards, > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. >