In another post I finally got to choose a table from a Word file and get it to an Excel file. I have the following code in Word VBA:
Dim wrdTbl As Table
Dim RowCount As Long, ColCount As Long, i As Long, j As Long
'Excel Objects
Dim oXLApp As Object, oXLwb As Object, oXLws As Object
'Set your table
Set wrdTbl = ActiveDocument.Tables(InputBox("Table # to copy? There are " & ActiveDocument.Tables.Count & " tables to choose from."))
'If ActiveDocument.Tables.Count = 0 Then MsgBox "There are no tables in word document"
'Exit Sub
'Get the word table Row and Column counts
ColCount = wrdTbl.Columns.Count
RowCount = wrdTbl.Rows.Count
'Create a new Excel Application
Set oXLApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
'Hide Excel
oXLApp.Visible = False
'Open the relevant Excel file
Set oXLwb = oXLApp.Workbooks.Open("C:\Users\" & Environ("Username") & "\Desktop\ExcelEx.xlsx")
'Work with Sheet1. Change as applicable
Set oXLws = oXLwb.Sheets(1)
'Loop through each row of the table
For i = 1 To RowCount
'Loop through each cell of the row
For j = 1 To ColCount
'This gives you the cell contents
wrdTbl.Cell(i, j).Range.Copy
With oXLws
.Range("A1").Activate
.Cells(i, j).Select
.PasteSpecial (wdPasteText)
.Range("A1").CurrentRegion.Style = "Normal"
End With
Next
Next
'Close and save Excel file
oXLwb.Close savechanges:=True
'Cleanup (VERY IMPORTANT)
Set oXLws = Nothing
Set oXLwb = Nothing
oXLApp.Quit
Set oXLApp = Nothing
MsgBox "Done"
End Sub
My problem is that if I have a table with merged cells it throws the error: "5941" requested member of the collection does not exist on the line:
wrdTbl.Cell(i, j).Range.Copy
How can I get the code to copy merged cells too?
Another problem it is when I have a cell with multiple lines because in the Excel file it copies these cell lines in different cells in Excel. How can I solve this too? Thank you so much for your answers!
You need to loop through the cells individually, rather than by rows and columns. For example:
Dim wrdTbl As Table, c As Long
'Excel Objects
Dim oXLApp As Object, oXLwb As Object, oXLws As Object
'Set your table
With ActiveDocument
If ActiveDocument.Tables.Count = 0 Then MsgBox "There are no tables in word document"
Exit Sub
Else
Set wrdTbl = .Tables(InputBox("Table # to copy? There are " & .Tables.Count & " tables to choose from."))
End If
End With
'Create a new Excel Application
Set oXLApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
With oXLApp
'Hide Excel
.Visible = False
'Open the relevant Excel file
Set oXLwb = oXLApp.Workbooks.Open("C:\Users\" & Environ("Username") & "\Desktop\ExcelEx.xlsx")
End With
'Loop through each row of the table
With wrdTbl.Range
For c = 1 To .Cells.Count
With .Cells(c)
'Work with Sheet1. Change as applicable
oXLwb.Sheets(1).Cells(.RowIndex, .ColumnIndex).Value = Split(.Range.Text, vbCr)(0)
End With
Next
End With
'Close and save Excel file
oXLwb.Close True
'Cleanup (VERY IMPORTANT)
oXLApp.Quit
Set oXLwb = Nothing: Set oXLApp = Nothing
MsgBox "Done"
If you want to replicate the Word table in Excel, replace:
'Loop through each row of the table
With wrdTbl.Range
For c = 1 To .Cells.Count
With .Cells(c)
'Work with Sheet1. Change as applicable
oXLwb.Sheets(1).Cells(.RowIndex, .ColumnIndex).Value = Split(.Range.Text, vbCr)(0)
End With
Next
End With
with:
wrdTbl.Range.Copy
With oXLwb.Sheets(1)
.Paste .Range("A1")
End With