This post is the second in a series about controlling other applications from Excel using VBA. In the first part we looked at the basics of how to reference other applications using Early Binding or Late Binding. In this post, we will look at how we can automate Word from Excel even though we don’t … Read more
Whilst this site is primarily about using Excel, there are times when Excel is not the best tool for the job. Each Office application is designed for different tasks. Tables and charts may be easily prepared in Excel, but they are often exported to PowerPoint, Word or Outlook for the purposes of presentation and distribution. … Read more
Last week we looked at linking Excel directly to Word documents. This can create significant time saving as the Word document updates automatically whenever the Excel file changes. The problem comes when we want to change the file path of the linked document, as it is necessary to change the links one by one. But, … Read more
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about linking Excel files into PowerPoint. Whilst PowerPoint is probably the application I use most (after Excel of course), in third place would be Word. If, like me, you are regularly creating Word documents, or using standard templates, then learning how to link Excel to Word can … Read more