What is a DOCVARIABLE in word

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What is a DOCVARIABLE in Microsoft Word 2003? How do I set it? How do I make it display in my Word document?

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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You can use the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Variables collection to set and retrieve the contents of a string variable in a Word document or template.

Also, you can use the DocVariable field to retrieve the value of a document variable after it has been set to display within a Word document.

Source: How to store and retrieve variables in Word documents

Sub GetSetDocVars()

Dim fName As String
fName = "Jeff Smith"
' Set contents of variable "fName" in a document using a document
' variable called "FullName".
ActiveDocument.Variables.Add Name:="FullName", Value:=fName
' Retrieve the contents of the document variable.
MsgBox ActiveDocument.Variables("FullName").Value

End Sub

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answered Oct 15 '08 at 15:38

Chris Serra

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But like where does this code goes into? is it a Word script or something? – Christopher Francisco Dec 16 '16 at 14:28
This method will cause errors to be thrown if the method is run more than once. VBA (tested in Word 2013) will allow you to create/set values on the fly using for example `ActiveDocument.Variables("FieldName").Value = fieldValue` – Shawn Dec 16 '19 at 21:29

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 15 '08 at 16:07

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How do I make it display in my word document:

Insert->Field->Category:DocumentAutomation->Field Names:DocVariable->Field COdes Button-> Then enter the name of the variable.

answered Oct 15 '08 at 16:07

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 23 '19 at 08:59

I was also looking for an answer to this question. Created a small script to display all ActiveDocument.Variables

Here is it:

Sub GetVariables()
    ' Declaration of output variavle, which is a string
    Dim output As String
    output = ""

    For Each Variable In ActiveDocument.Variables
        ' & is used for string concatenation.
        output = output & Variable.Name & " = " & Variable & vbNewLine
    Next

    MsgBox output
End Sub

What is a DOCVARIABLE in word

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