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| Title | Remove pictures from a Word document |
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| Keywords | Word, picture, shape, InlineShape, remove, graphic |
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| Categories | Office, Utilities |
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Note that this program requires a reference to the Microsoft Word Object Library (In the Project menu, select References and check the box next to the library).
This example demonstrates two methods. First, it creates a Word server object and opens the source file. It uses the Selection.Find object to find and replace all graphic objects with nothing. This removes InlineShapes but not Shapes.
When it is finished, the program saves the Word document with a new name and closes the Word server.
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' Remove the pictures by replacing graphic objects.
Private Sub cmdReplacePictures_Click()
Dim word_app As Word.Application
Set word_app = New Word.Application
word_app.ChangeFileOpenDirectory App.Path
word_app.Documents.Open _
FileName:=txtSource.Text, _
ConfirmConversions:=False, _
ReadOnly:=True, _
AddToRecentFiles:=False, _
Format:=wdOpenFormatAuto
With word_app.Selection.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Replacement.ClearFormatting
.Text = "^g"
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With
' Save the file.
word_app.ActiveDocument.SaveAs _
FileName:=txtResult.Text, _
AddToRecentFiles:=False
word_app.Quit
Set word_app = Nothing
MsgBox "Okay"
End Sub
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In the second method, the program creates a Word server object and opens the source file as before. It then loops through the document's InlineShapes and Shapes collections, deleting all of their entries. Note that this removes objects other than pictures (for example, OLE objects). You could make the code test the type of object to see what it is deleting if you want.
When it is finished, the program again saves the Word document with a new name and closes the Word server.
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' Remove Shapes and InlineShapes.
Private Sub cmdRemoveShapes_Click()
Dim word_app As Word.Application
Dim word_doc As Word.Document
Set word_app = New Word.Application
word_app.ChangeFileOpenDirectory App.Path
Set word_doc = word_app.Documents.Open( _
FileName:=txtSource.Text, _
ConfirmConversions:=False, _
ReadOnly:=True, _
AddToRecentFiles:=False, _
Format:=wdOpenFormatAuto)
' Delete InlineShapes.
With word_doc.InlineShapes
Do While .Count > 0
.Item(1).Delete
Loop
End With
' Delete Shapes.
With word_doc.Shapes
Do While .Count > 0
.Item(1).Delete
Loop
End With
' Save the file.
word_app.ActiveDocument.SaveAs _
FileName:=txtResult.Text, _
AddToRecentFiles:=False
word_app.Quit
Set word_app = Nothing
MsgBox "Okay"
End Sub
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